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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21 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
One never hears “beat him or her up” in the mouth of an elder. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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22 May 2011, by DailyLifelines
When your beard appears, childhood disappears. (Rwanda)
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23 April 2011, by DailyLifelines
If the new hoe wishes to know how tough the ground is, let him ask the old hoe. (Jamaica) 
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16 April 2011, by DailyLifelines
Keep your eyes open even when your teeth fall out. (Namibia) 
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25 March 2011, by DailyLifelines
The old woman has a reason for running in the rice field. (Cote d’Ivoire
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18 November 2010, by DailyLifelines
If you trample on a blind man’s testicles, next time he hears your footsteps, he will close his legs. (Gambia)
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5 November 2010, by DailyLifelines
Do not make your weight heavy when your balance is weak. (Egypt)
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30 September 2010, by DailyLifelines
Alone a youth runs fast, with an elder slow, but together they go far. (Kenya, Luo)
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