2049 African Proverbs / Page 98
1941.
Why take away something by force which you can obtain by love.1942.
Why they like an ugly person it takes long for a beautiful person to know it.1943.
Wine is not for the wrenched.1944.
Wine is the drunkard's blanket.1945.
Wisdom does not come overnight.1946.
Wisdom is like a baobab tree, no one individual can embrace it.1947.
Wisdom is like a good skin bag every man carries his own.1948.
Wisdom outweighs strength.1949.
Wise sayings are men.1950.
With a little seed of imagination you can grow a field of hope.1951.
With much knowledge there is much sorrow, with much wisdom there is much weeping.1952.
With time an egg will walk.1953.
Without effort no harvest will be abundant.1954.
Without fingers, the hand would be a spoon.1955.
Without human companions, paradise itself would be an undesirable place.1956.
Without impalas and hyenas, the lion cannot be the king of the jungle.1957.
Woman without man is like a field without seed.1958.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.1959.
Words are like arrows throw them only when you know where they will fall.1960.
Words are like bullets; if they escape, you can't catch them again.