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African Proverb Quotes

«It is better to walk than curse the road. - Wolof proverb, Senegal»
«One cannot both feast and become rich. (Ashanti tribe)»
«If there is cause to someone, the cause to love has just begun. - Wolof proverb, Senegal»
«Happy is the man to whom nature has given a sufficiency with even a sparing hand.»
«A crab does not give birth to a bird»
«When a fool is cursed, he thinks he is being praised»
«Knowledge is better than riches Cameroon»
«Instruction in youth is like engraving in stones. Berber, North Africa»
«There is no medicine against old age. - Accra proverb, Ghana»
«The crows, the idle person grumbles. - Yoruba, Nigeria»