African proverbs

Whether the egg crashes on the coconut or the coconut crashes on the egg, it is the egg that suffers.

Every time you have something good there is someone who wants you to throw it so as they can pick it.

Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.

You could destroy everything I have believed in and your father before you and his father before you.

If you keep your head and heart going in the right direction you don't have to worry about your feet.

A person who is carrying an elephant on his head should not use his feet to tap snails on the ground.

If the fish comes out of the river to tell you that the crocodile has one eye, you should believe it.

The fox must be chased away first after that the hen might be warned against wandering into the bush.

If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.

No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death.

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