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African proverbs
'''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}}

*Don’t set sail using someone else’s star.
** Meaning: Avoid copying someone else. Just because someone has been successful in what he/she does does not warrant that you will also be successful at the same thing. [http://answersafrica.com/african-proverbs-meanings.html Answers Africa proverbs and meanings]⏎
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== E ==
* 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.
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