16 African Proverbs about Stop
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Proverbs about Stop1. 
One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning.
2. 
If you are building something and a nail breaks, should you stop building altogether, or should you change the nail?
3. 
The hunter who is tracking an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.
4. 
A palm wine taper does not stop tapping palm wine because he once fell from the top of a palm wine tree.
5. 
Even a horn can be stopped from fighting and made to sing forever.
6. 
Going slowly doesn't stop one arriving.
7. 
It doesn't matter how slowly you walk, just as long as you don't stop.
8. 
It's useless to tell a river to stop running; the best thing is to learn how to swim in the direction it's flowing.
9. 
Life is like riding a bicycle; you don't fall off unless you stop pedalling.
10. 
Removing a peace of yam from the pot of yam doesn't stop the rest from cooking.
11. 
Tears will not stop flowing for someone who is crying for himself.
12. 
The noise produced by frogs in the well can't stop an elephant from drinking.
13. 
You cannot stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.
14. 
You cannot stop planting cereals just because birds are going to feast on them.
15. 
The hunter in pursuit of an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.
16. 
Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue.
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