2049 African Proverbs / Page 90
1781.
What you do with injustice often backfires.1782.
What you eat now comes out later.1783.
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.1784.
What you learn is what you die with.1785.
What you may call small another will call it big.1786.
Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you.1787.
Whatever nourished the goat until it grew a beard will continue to sustain him.1788.
When a bee stings a man, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives.1789.
When a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.1790.
When a blind man tells you he is going to throw a stone, know that his foot is on the stone.1791.
When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.1792.
When a chick ignores its mother's warning, the eagle grasps it for a meal.1793.
When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach.1794.
When a cock invites a cockroach for a birthday party, he has prepared dinner for himself.1795.
When a cow is crying, a dog is making a party.1796.
When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.1797.
When a cricket is quiet, it is digging.1798.
When a dog cannot bite, it has a bone in its mouth.1799.
When a fool is cursed, he thinks he is being praised.1800.
When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out.