Today’s African Proverb (9.24.11)
24 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
What I used to eat with my teeth, I now eat with my eyes only. (Zimbabwe, Mozambique- Shona) 
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24 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
What I used to eat with my teeth, I now eat with my eyes only. (Zimbabwe, Mozambique- Shona) 
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20 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
What fits into the mouth gives you a chance to chew it properly. (Uganda- Ganda) 
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1 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
It is impossible to go and look into the stomach of another. (Togo) 
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13 August 2011, by DailyLifelines
If you are unlucky in hunting, then the animals teach you how to hunt. (Ghana- Akan) 
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24 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
Only you can scratch your itch. (Libya) 
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15 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
Noisy talk does not bring about a solution. (Namibia- Ovambo) 
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14 May 2011, by DailyLifelines
Once the mushroom has sprouted from the earth, there is no turning back. (DRC)
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2 May 2011, by DailyLifelines
If one tree faces the storm alone, it collapses. (Ghana) 
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29 April 2011, by DailyLifelines
A man with trousers that are too short should wear long suspenders. (Jamaica) 
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20 March 2011, by DailyLifelines
The key that opens is also the key that locks. (Angola, Congo, DRC) 
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5 March 2011, by DailyLifelines
Only he who treads on the fire feels it. (Libya)
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11 February 2011, by DailyLifelines
Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can. (Ghana- Ashanti)
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3 February 2011, by DailyLifelines
I only have my nails to scratch with and my feet to walk on. (Egypt)
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24 January 2011, by DailyLifelines
A fish, actively swimming, is the best expert of the waters. (Africa)
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21 January 2011, by DailyLifelines
It is the sky that sees the back of the flying bird. (Nigeria- Igbo) 
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