Bambara proverbs

The child who loves freedom is the first victim of it.

If the hare is your enemy, admit that he can run fast.

God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.

Even in the freshest of milk, you will still find hairs.

He who longs too much for a child will marry a pregnant woman.

No matter how much the world changes, cats will never lay eggs.

When you get older you keep warm with the wood you gathered as a youth.

When you chop off a snake's head all you are left with is a piece of rope.

No matter how long a log floats on the river, it will never be a crocodile.

I have to learn how to walk on three legs says the hyena for when I am old.

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