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Today’s African Proverb (5.23.14)

To place oneself before the sun, does not prevent the sun from continuing its path. (-Senegal, Gambia, Wolof) 2 people like this...

With many small blows, the great oak falls. (-Kenya, Kikuyu, submitted by Jordan) 2 people like this post. Like Unlike

Ears are never so large that they can hear seven messages all at once. (-Yoruba) 2 people like this post. Like Unlike

If one is yet unable to build a house, one makes a tent. (-Yoruba) 2 people like this post. Like Unlike

There is nothing one can do to the pig to keep it from wallowing in the mud. (-Yoruba) 3 people like this...

The good my hand cannot reach, I will pull down with a hooked stick. (-Yoruba) 2 people like this post. Like Unlike