Botswana proverbs

You can tell the ripeness of a melon by its look.

A slipshod man wastes away in the midst of plenty.

The locusts do not devour only your neighbors field.

A prudent man who knows proverbs, resolved problems.

He who does not cultivate his field will die of hunger.

Only a dupe checks the depth of the water with both feet.

It is the one who lies by a fire who can feel how hot it is.

Only a lion knows best its own needs and can best serve them.

The earth is a termite mound, we all enter by the same opening.

A loving wife is often blessed with the birth of a tenth child.

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