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African Proverb

“There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia”

African Proverb

“The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit. - Ethiopia”

African Proverb

“Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing. - Ethiopia”

African Proverb

“The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. - Ethiopia”

African Proverb

“He who cannot dance will say: The drum is bad”

African Proverb

“One must talk little and listen much”

African Proverb

“Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand”

African Proverb

“When arguing with a stone an egg is always wrong”

African Proverb

“A weapon which you dont have in your hand wont kill a snake”

African Proverb

“Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole”

African Proverb

“By trying often the monkey learns to jump from the tree”

African Proverb

“There is no phrase without a double meaning”

African Proverb

“Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water.”

African Proverb

“There are two things no man will admit he cannot do well: drive and make love”

African Proverb

“If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree”

African Proverb

“Seeing is different than being told.”

African Proverb

“The one who asks questions doesnt lose his way”

African Proverb

“Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers”

African Proverb

“Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter”

African Proverb

“Where water is boss, the land must obbey”

African Proverb