2049 African Proverbs / Page 77
1521.
The partridge loves peas, but not those that go into the pot with it.1522.
The path is made by walking.1523.
The path leads towards loved ones not thorns.1524.
The person who guards himself will not be destroyed.1525.
The person who is coming from the bowels of the earth doesn't despise even the smallest amount of sunshine.1526.
The person you know during daytime should also be recognisable during night time.1527.
The person you put on your back is one who bites you.1528.
The persons we eat with are the ones to kills us.1529.
The plant God favors will grow even without rain.1530.
The power of a leopard resides in its claws.1531.
The predator lands on an unknown tree.1532.
The problem with the palace attendant isn't how to steal the king's drums but where to play them from.1533.
The quarrel of the sheep doesn't concern the goats.1534.
The queen ant feeds on its own ants.1535.
The rabbit that dances on the broken branch of a high tree must look down to see how many mouths are opened wide beneath.1536.
The radiant and well-understood speech of one person is better than the speech of a thousand people that is not.1537.
The radiate sun reflections and lightening cannot make a blind person see.1538.
The raised hand cares not for its own recognition, but for that of the body below.1539.
The restless grasshopper only finds rest in the gizzard of a bird.1540.
The rich have no heart, the lake never floats a pin.