African proverbs

What is put in a basket before going to the market won't be the same thing returned in the basket.

What's all the fuss? said the crane after the eel had slipped away. ""I never liked fish anyway.""

An egg shouldn't be deceived by the hardness of its shell; it cannot challenge a stone in a fight.

Don't tell your important secret to your friend because your friend has his other friends as well.

A chief may have more wives than he can remember but you dare not try to share his wives with him.

No matter how tough the current of a river may be it is the calabash that triumphal over the river.

A parent should not give up modelling their children because the ancestors too never give up on us.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.

When an elephant eats and eats and still cries for more, it is the grass that will get embarrassed.

If you haven't done anything evil then you shouldn't be worried about devils knocking on your door.

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