40 African Proverbs about Rest

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1. Who gets lost in the forest takes it out on who leads him back.
2. Those who arrive to the spring first, drink the purest water.
3. A forest cannot be cut with a broken axe.
4. Even if thin, the elephant remains the king of the forest.
5. If a bird does not recognise a tree, it will not rest on it.
6. We rest our legs, but never our mouths.
7. Say no from the start; you will have rest.
8. A family is like a thick forest, often from outside its dense, when your inside each tree has its own position.
9. A man can't challenge his spirit in a wrestling match.
10. A man gets to the land of spirits when he passes seven rivers, seven forests and seven hills.
11. A man who does no hard work will never know the value of rest.
12. A man who marries an outcast is like rain wasted in the forest.
13. A restless grasshopper eventually ends up in a birds teeth.
14. A river doesn't flow through the forest without felling the trees.
15. A warrior is not a wrestler, he's killed the moment is spear and shield are over powered.
16. Being in the forest and failing to see trees is a curse.
17. Don't underestimate the determination of a quiet person.
18. Don't underestimate the wisdom of ancestors.
19. He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
20. He who doesn't find is way back from the forest gets lost within it.
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