Category: Proverbs

There can be no peace without understanding – Senegal

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Koul klam elkhir ouala skout khir (Speak kindly or refrain from talking) – Algeria

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Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot – São Tomé and Príncipe

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“If a man puts a cord around his neck, God will provide someone to pull it.” – Morocco

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A person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it – Swaziland

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Don’t give and then take; don’t love and then hate – Eritrea

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If you can walk, you can dance; If you can talk, you can sing – Sudan

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When the bag tears, the shoulders get to rest – Cape Verde

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”Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle” – Africa

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It is the human being that counts. I call gold; it does not answer. I call cloth; it does not answer. It is the human being that counts – Ghana

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A cow must graze where she is tied – Seychelles

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People are like plants in the wind: they bow down and rise up again – Madagascar

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You are beautiful; but learn to work for you cannot eat your beauty – Gabon

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A bird is in the air but its mind is on the ground – Liberia

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A home cannot be built for the rainy season that has passed – Ethiopia

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Children are the reward of life – Congo

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A canoe does not know who the leader is; when it turns over, everyone gets wet – Mali

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Beauty is an empty calabash – Cameroon

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Peace is the fruit of activity, not of sleep – Egypt

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To travel is to see – Botswana

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