6 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
A lion, wolf and fox go hunting. After, they settle down to share the meal they all deserve. The lion asks the wolf to give a portion of the spoils to each of them. The wolf does so, reserving the best portion for himself. The lion raises one of his mighty paws in anger and kills the wolf, after which he asks the fox to ‘share the meat better’. The fox gives everything to the lion. “When did you learn such wisdom?” the lion asks. “When I heard the wolf’s head crack.” Ah…to be fox-y…
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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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23 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
There can be no peace without understanding. (Senegal) 
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19 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
Another’s eye is not faithful like one’s own. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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16 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
If a bird does not recognize a tree, it will not rest on it. (Cameroon) 
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18 May 2011, by DailyLifelines
A stubborn chicken learns its lesson in a hot pot of soup. (Africa) 
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13 May 2011, by DailyLifelines
The wise man never takes a step too long for his leg. (Egypt) 
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11 March 2011, by DailyLifelines
If you educate a man you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman you educate a nation. (Ghana) 
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7 March 2011, by DailyLifelines
As long as a human being lives s/he will learn. (Libya)
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5 March 2011, by DailyLifelines
Only he who treads on the fire feels it. (Libya)
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1 February 2011, by DailyLifelines
The land wher
e the stones know you is worth more than the land where the people know you. (Niger, Mali, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt- Berber)
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12 January 2011, by DailyLifelines
You know how much you have passed through; you don’t know how much you still have left. (Haiti)
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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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25 October 2010, by DailyLifelines
Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse. (Nigeria)
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21 October 2010, by DailyLifelines
The man chased away with a club comes back, but the one chased away with reason will not. (Ghana)
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