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Today’s African Proverb (6.19.14)

When there is a mountain in your path, do not sit down at the foot of the mountain and cry, get up...

People who drink to drown their sorrows, should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. (-Sierra Leone) 2 people like this...

It is on bitter days that one knows who loves one. (-Yoruba) 7 people like this post. Like Unlike

There is nothing that gets hard that does not eventually become soft. (-Yoruba) 3 people like this post. Like Unlike

The fish that can see the water getting more shallow, cannot be stranded. (-Africa) 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

Hard living conditions drive sheep and goats to graze in one pasture. (-Guyana) 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike