2049 African Proverbs / Page 2
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A blacksmith has no need of an axe.22.
A blind person knows his environment more than a visitor with eyes.23.
A bottle that believes it's cracked to smile it will end up on the dustbin.24.
A bowl should not laugh when a calabash breaks.25.
A boy may cry; but a man as to conceal his pain.26.
A bush that doesn't rotate baskets must not grow mushrooms.27.
A butterfly thinks itself a bird because it can fly.28.
A camel cannot see the crookedness of its neck.29.
A camel never sees its own hump.30.
A canoe peddler doesn't tell the crocodile he has along snout until he's crossed the river.31.
A cat in its castle has a lion's teeth.32.
A cat keeps its crawls inside until it meets a mouse.33.
A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.34.
A centipede is not crippled by the loss of one limb.35.
A chameleon can only change its colour but never change its skin.36.
A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.37.
A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.38.
A chief in the village never sees the devil.39.
A chief may have more wives than he can remember but you dare not try to share his wives with him.40.
A chief should not create a new law when he is angry.