86 Quotes by African Proverb

A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake

A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia

A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly

A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana

It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children

Do not expect speed from a cheap horse - it will only neigh

Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing. - Ethiopia

If you do not step on the dog's tail, he will not bite you

If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry