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'''Proverbs from all of Africa’’’

== D ==
* Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.
** English equivalent: Today is yesterday's pupil.
** {{cite book | last1 = Sr, Neil, Neil, Neal | year = 2011 | title = Police Instructor: Deliver Dynamic Presentations, Create Engaging Slides, \& Increase Active Learning | publisher = CreateSpace | page = 245 | isbn=1}}

== E ==
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** {{cite book | last1 = Stone | year = 2006 | title = Routledge Dictionary of World Proverbs | publisher = Taylor \& Francis | page = 8}}

== S ==
* "'''Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.'''" (West african proverb)
** Meaning: Be affable, but be sure to have effective punitive measures.
** [[Theodore Roosevelt]], in a [http://www.lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm139.html letter to Henry L. Sprague] (26 January 1900)


* Searching for something can be in they way of finding it.
** {{cite book | last = Wallensteen | first = Ivar | year = 1991 | title = Världens bästa ordspråk | publisher= Ljungföretagen |location= Örebro | page = 76 |isbn= 91-534-1349-0}}⏎
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== T ==
* '''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

* Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
** {{cite book | last1 = Prospectus, Goldman | year = 2011 | title = Baseball Prospectus 2011 | publisher = John Wiley \& Sons | page = 496 | isbn=0470622067}}

== Y ==
* '''You condemn on hearsay evidence alone, your sins increase.'''
** Latin equivalent: When in doubt, in favour of the accused.
** [[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

== See also ==
* [[Ndebele proverbs]]
* [[Xhosa proverbs]]

[[Category:Proverbs]]