44 Sudanese Proverbs
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A big chair does not make a king.2.
A child is a child of everyone.3.
A dog cannot carry its puppies on its back.4.
A friend who visits you when you are suffering is your best friend.5.
A little shrub may grow into a tree.6.
A naked man will often laugh at someone with torn clothes.7.
A stranger does not share the monkey.8.
A termite can do nothing to a stone save lick it.9.
A young crocodile does not cry when he falls in the water.10.
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fatted ox where there is hatred.11.
Don't cough in a hiding place.12.
Ebb does not follow ebb -- flood is in between.13.
Eggs and iron must not be in the same bag.14.
Empty stomachs have no ears.15.
Even if a log lies in the water for a long time, it does not become a crocodile.16.
Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing.17.
If a dog bites you and you don't bite him back, it will say that you have no teeth.18.
If Nakedness promises you a piece of cloth, ask him his name.19.
If our feet leave the earth we no longer live in peace.20.
If you are wearing shoes, you don't fear the thorns.