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* The sun is the king of torches.
** West African proverb, quoted in ''Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages : Classified Subjectively and Arranged Alphabetically'' (1887) by Robert Christy, p. 322

* "'''Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'''" (West african proverb)
** [[Theodore Roosevelt]], in a [http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm139.html letter to Henry L. Sprague] (26 January 1900)

* '''You condemn on hearsay evidence alone, your sins increase.'''
** [[Anonymous]] quoted in ''Apropos of Africa : Sentiments of Negro American Leaders on Africa from the 1800s to the 1950s'' (1969) edited by Adelaide Cromwell Hill and Martin Kilson

* If one knows thee not or a blind man scolds thee, do not become angry.
** [[Anonymous]] (claimed to be an African proverb by ''The Journal of Negro History, Volume I. Jan. 1916''[http://www.outfo.org/literature/pg/1/3/6/4/13642/13642.txt])

* Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.<br>It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.<br>Every morning a lion wakes up.<br>It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.<br>It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.<br>When the sun comes up, you better start running.
** Thomas L. Friedman, ''[[The World Is Flat]]'' (2005–2006), Ch. 2, Flattener #6 (p. 137 in the 2006 edition)

* It takes a whole village to raise a child {{Citation needed}}
** Igbo and Yoruba (Nigeria) [http://www.afriprov.org/index.php/african-proverb-of-the-month/23-1998proverbs/137-november-1998-proverb.html]⏎
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* A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches. {{Citation needed}}
* An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb. {{Citation needed}}
* A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness. {{Citation needed}}
* Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. {{Citation needed}}
* If a child washes his hands well he could eat with kings. {{Citation needed}}
* If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something. {{Citation needed}}
* It takes a whole village to raise a child {{Citation needed}}⏎
* You cannot see the inside of a bottle through the neck with two eyes. {{Citation needed}}
* The mouth which eats does not talk. {{Citation needed}}

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