2049 African Proverbs / Page 89
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What is put in a basket before going to the market won't be the same thing returned in the basket.1762.
What is said over the dead lion's body could not be said to him alive.1763.
What is sweet in a fools mouth will surely finish is money.1764.
What is tightly rapped is known by only the rapper.1765.
What kills a calf comes from the udder.1766.
What lowers itself is ready to fall.1767.
What makes a fool excited now a wise person had heard before and isn't excited.1768.
What makes a sheep blit loudly the goat had already seen before.1769.
What makes up an anthill is the effort and order of determined and organised termites.1770.
What never kills a herdsman never takes away his cattle.1771.
What our husband says is what we also say.1772.
What reveals a man is his behavior in time of hunger.1773.
What the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see.1774.
What the eye has seen, the heart never forgets.1775.
What the gods keep for the poor, no man can destroy.1776.
What use to cover a mend in the Mona Lisa with a crayon.1777.
What we do with pity another would call it strength.1778.
What we get takes away our troubles.1779.
What will kill a dog first blocks its nose.1780.
What you cook with dislike is what your bound to eat.