A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.


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Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
AFRICAN PROVERB
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. (English Proverb.
UNKNOWN
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.
ENGLISH PROVERB
A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner
ENGLISH PROVERB
We begin to fight. The wind and I. Horns locked. Battling each other with elements.
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Every sea to scare the sailor, I have sailed.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea.
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Learning is like a boundless sea, only diligence can reach the shore. - Chinese proverb
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Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if there weren't any need for you in all ...
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There is no proverb which is not true. [Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
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SOURCE UNKNOWN
Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.
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I could make a difference.
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Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm.
PUBLIUS SYRUS
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
DEMOCRITUS
Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Anyone can hold the helm while the sea is calm
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
Anyone can steer the ship when the sea is calm
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The song of the sea does not end at the shore.
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You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail,
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I'm not an experienced sailor.
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When an old man dies, a library burns down.
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No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow.
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
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When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.
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A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
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Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
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Where water is boss, the land must obbey
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight
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Not to know is bad. Not to wish to know is worse.
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No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.
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Knowledge is like a garden; if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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He who is carried on another's back does not appreciate how far off the town is.
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God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.
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Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.
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Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.
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A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.
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A camel never sees its own hump.
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A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly
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When arguing with a stone an egg is always wrong
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Don't set sail on someone else's star
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One must talk little and listen much
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A crab does not give birth to a bird
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Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
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Let rats shoot arrows at each other. Sudan
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A barber does not shave himself
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If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance
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There is no phrase without a double meaning
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If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips
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Before shooting, one must aim
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The crows, the idle person grumbles. - Yoruba, Nigeria
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A brave man dies once, a coward a thousand times.
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When elephant steps on a trap, no more trap
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One cannot count on riches. Somalia
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Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand
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He who boasts much can do little
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By coming and going, a bird weaves its nest. Ashanti, Ghana
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The orphan does not rejoice after a heavy breakfast. - Cape Coast, Ghana
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He who learns, teaches
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The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief
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The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. - Ethiopia
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The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla
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He who refuses to obey cannot command. - Kikuyu, Kenya
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Being happy is better than being king
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food.
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Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off
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When a man is coming toward you, you need not say: "Come here
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A word uttered cannot be taken back
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We start as fools and become wise through experience
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A comb becomes bad when it hurts you
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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The chicken is never declared in the court of hawks. - Cape Coast, Ghana
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The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way
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When making a fire people like to join you, when cleaning the ashes you are often alone
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He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense
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Sitting is being crippled
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A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake
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Tears are best dried with your own hand
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When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him
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The best sauce is cooked in an old pan
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Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant
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When the music changes, so does the dance
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The frog does not run in the daytime for nothing. - Igbo, Nigeria
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when arguing with a chicken a grain of corn is always wrong
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Sorrow is like a precious treasure, shown only to friends
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens
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To try and to fail, is not laziness
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Don't take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth
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By trying often the monkey learns to jump from the tree
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harry harry bird lays one egg
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle
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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
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Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die
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One cannot both feast and become rich. (Ashanti tribe)
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One cannot both feast and become rich. Ashanti tribe
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The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. - Ethiopia
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It takes a heap of licks to strike a nail in the dark
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Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are
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You've got to work twice as hard to get half as far as a Black person in white America.
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Family must look out for family.
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Black people must stop acting like crabs in a barrel and work together.
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God can do anything but fail.
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A liar will steal and a thief will kill
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Life is short and full of blisters
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Jealous? Hate the game and not the player.
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Love don't love nobody.
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Money talks - everything else walks
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Once you go Black, you never go back.
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A man who does not respect his own mother is absolutely no good.
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If you'll lie you'll steal and if you'll steal you'll kill.
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One monkey don't stop no show!
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It is foolhardy to climb two trees at once just because one has two feet. - Ethiopia
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That man's a fool whose sheep flees twice. - Oji proverb
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A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
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Blind belief is dangerous. - Luyia , Western Kenya
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A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia
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People know each other better on a journey. Plaatje
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It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal
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Hold a true friend with both hands. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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To be happy in one's home is better than to be a chief. Yoruba, Nigeria
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The time to make friends is before you need them.
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Short judgments make long friends.
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It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
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A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
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Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
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Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
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From small beginnings come great things.
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Some will, some don't, so what!
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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
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Try and trust will move mountains.
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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
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A sin confessed is half forgiven.
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All sins cast long shadows.
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Simplicity is the seal of truth.
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A silent mouth is melodious.
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Silence implies consent.
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Shame is worse than death.
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God likes help when helping people.
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One is rated by others as he rates himself.
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Attack is the best form of defense.
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Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
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A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
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When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
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It is better to be safe than sorry.
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Better to be safe than sorry.
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Kings have many ears and eyes.
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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Cunning surpasses strength.
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The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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