Today’s African Proverb (5.17.12)
17 May 2012, by DailyLifelines
A gentle word sends the sword back into the scabbard. (Nigeria-Igbo) 
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Today’s African Proverb (5.10.12)
10 May 2012, by DailyLifelines
Where food is free, many will come. (Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (5.6.12)
6 May 2012, by Hodari
Even if flimsy, the thread of truth never snaps. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (1.16.12)
16 January 2012, by DailyLifelines
If a man wants to be friendly with wolves, he must first sharpen his spear. (Niger, Nigeria- Hausa) 
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Today’s African Proverb (12.31.11)
31 December 2011, by DailyLifelines
It is not one road only that leads to the market. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (12.30.11)
30 December 2011, by DailyLifelines
The day one learns laziness is the day one should learn to endure a painfully empty stomach. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (10.5.11)
5 October 2011, by DailyLifelines
Even today the remedy for dirt is water. (Niger, Nigeria- Hausa) 
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Today’s African Proverb (10.2.11)
2 October 2011, by DailyLifelines
When light enters the house, darkness removes itself. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (9.21.11)
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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Today’s African Proverb (9.19.11)
19 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
When a leopard limps, a hare dares to demand payment of a debt. (Nigeria- Annang) 
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Today’s African Proverb (9.17.11)
17 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
Not standing still is what is referred to as dancing. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (9.8.11)
8 September 2011, by DailyLifelines
There is nothing dropping from above that the Earth cannot withstand. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (6.19.11)
19 June 2011, by DailyLifelines
Another’s eye is not faithful like one’s own. (Benin, Nigeria, Togo- Yoruba) 
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Today’s African Proverb (5.19.11)
19 May 2011, by DailyLifelines
Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food. (Nigeria- Ibo) 
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Today’s African Proverb (4.28.11)
28 April 2011, by DailyLifelines
Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands. (Nigeria) 
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