62 South African Proverbs / Page 3
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The last partridge to rise gets the most sticks thrown at it.42.
The one chased away with a club comes back, but the one chased away with reason does not.43.
The pool has dried up, and the fish is in trouble.44.
The poor man's proverb is never quoted.45.
The quail waits for the stick; the idle loiterer about a place waits for a kick from an old boot.46.
The seed waits for its garden or ground where it will be sown.47.
The strength of the crocodile is in the water.48.
The woman who always complains and is never satisfied with anything is like an annoying flea on the foot.49.
The wrong-headed fool who refuses counsel, will come to grief.50.
Two wives, two pots of poison.51.
Until the lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter.52.
Walls have ears, and little pots too.53.
What the poor man says is not listened to.54.
When a bird builds its nest it uses the feathers of other birds.55.
When the elephant is slain all the tribes gather together to eat of it.56.
When two elephants meet on a narrow bridge, they get nowhere until one of them backs down or lies down.57.
When you climb the mountain and reach the top, do not forget the branches shrubs that helped your footing.58.
When you have a lot to do, start with a meal.59.
When you have touched a woman, you have struck a rock.60.
When you shoot a zebra in the black stripe, the white dies too; shoot it in the white and the black dies too.