He who cannot dance will say: "The drum is bad


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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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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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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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He who learns, teaches
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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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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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He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense
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Sitting is being crippled
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Tears are best dried with your own hand
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The best sauce is cooked in an old pan
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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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The fool speaks, the wise man listens
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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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Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are
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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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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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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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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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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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