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Talk:African proverbs
African proverbs are idiomatic expressions relevant to the situations and happenings discovered on the african shores. These proverbs are not just given or made base on literal work but strictly on the happenings envisaged within the vicinity of the happenings. 

(contracted; show full)* A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness.
* Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
* If a child washes his hands well he could eat with kings.
* If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.
* You cannot see the inside of a bottle through the neck with two eyes.
* The mouth which eats does not talk.


:'''===Proverbs as stated in the BBC News website'''===
* "Much silence has a mighty noise" - a Swahili proverb sent by Robert Porter in Tema, Ghana
* "A house built with saliva will be washed away by the morning dew" - A Yoruba proverb sent by Afolabi Salawu and Yemiolorunsogo, both in Nigeria
* “Until the lion tells his side of the story, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” - Sent by Smith Moyo, Malawi (I wonder what that means...)
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* “A child does not teach how to breastfeed” - Sent by Moses Mayen Mayen, South Sudan
* “Despise not a snail for its slow and struggling movement; it has a destination and with time it shall arrive” - Sent by Alfred Jah Johnson, Pennsylvania, United States
* “Those who die as the result of their folly are many; those who die as the result of their wisdom are few” - Sent by Amos Faleye, Ogun state, Nigeria
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* “When the leopard has a toothache, then the goat can go and collect a debt” - A Krio proverb from Sierra Leone sent by Sigismond Wilson, Oklahoma, US