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Today’s African Proverb (1.2.12)

Kindness dies out if it is not observed by both sides.  (Uganda, Congo- Lega)

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Today’s African Proverb (1.1.12)

Do not hurry the night, the sun will always rise for its own sake. (Eritrea)

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Today’s African Proverb (12.31.11)

It is not one road only that leads to the market. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba)

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Proverbs for the New Year

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Today’s African Proverb (12.30.11)

The day one learns laziness is the day one should learn to endure a painfully empty stomach.   (Benin,   Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba)

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Today’s African Proverb (12.29.11)

The wealth of the greedy ultimately goes to the community. (Ghana)

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Today’s African Proverb (12.28.11)

Make a bed for the children of other people in the place where your own children sleep. (Yoruba)

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Today’s African Proverb (11.25.11)

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago, the second best time is now.  (Africa

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Today’s Proverb (11.24.11)

Stolen food never satisfies hunger.  Native American (Omaha)

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Today’s African Proverb (10.9.11)

A man cannot undo his past.  Can zebras wipe away their stripes?  (Namibia

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Today’s African Proverb (10.8.11)

He who needs a thing has to go and find it.  (Ghana- Twi)

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Today’s African Proverb (10.7.11)

Far is where mother is; where there is the woman you love you will expend all effort, even to death, to get there. (Zimbabwe, Mozambique- Shona)

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Today’s African Proverb (10.6.11)

The greatest remedy for anger is delay. (Kiswahili

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Today’s African Proverb (10.5.11)

Even today the remedy for dirt is water.  (Niger, Nigeria- Hausa

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Today’s African Proverb (10.4.11)

The man that has the sharp knife is the one that will eat the meat.  (Kiswahili

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