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1. A little tree never grows under a bigger tree.
2. The leaky roof can fool the sun, but it cannot fool the rain.
3. Patience may be bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
4. What God hides for you can never be lost.
5. Children aren’t dogs; adults aren’t gods.
6. The sun rises the same for everybody.
7. With patience you will see the stomach of ants.
8. Life may be hard, but it is beautiful.
9. The dog may have four legs, but it cannot run in four directions.
10. Woman is like mahogany – the older, the better.
11. Children learn to creep before they learn to go.
12. There is no prayer which does not have an “Amen”.
13. Birds build their nests stick by stick.
14. Beyond the mountain, there is another mountain.
15. Don’t wait until a person is drowning to teach them how to swim.
16. Cutting off a mule’s ears doesn’t make it a horse.
17. God looks into the eyes of a person before entering the heart.
18. The donkey sweats so the horse can be decorated with lace.
19. An empty sack cannot stand.
20. The giver of the blow forgets, but the bearer of the scar remembers.
21. The rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun.
22. A beautiful funeral doesn’t guarantee heaven.
23. Salt never boasts about being salty.
24. That which doesn’t kill you makes you fat.
25. “Hello” is your passport.
26. The dead do not know the value of white sheets.
27. If a friend sweats for you, give him your shirt.
28. If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
29. Ignorance doesn’t kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.
30. The child says nothing but what it heard by the fireside
31. The pencil of God has no eraser.
32. You must have slept with jean to know how he snores
33. A fisherman never says his fish stink.
34. Be sure that the candle is lit before you throw away the match.
35. Cutting off a mule's ears doesn't make it a horse.
36. Don't call the alligator "big-mouth" till you have crossed the river.
37. Good looking and good luck don't always walk the same road.
38. If there were no sighing in the world, the world would stifle.
39. If you see what the ducks eat then you eat no more duck.
40. Never mistake chicken poop for an egg.
41. Never hang your hat higher than you can reach.
42. Never dress in mourning before the dead man is in his coffin.
43. Tell me whom you love and I'll tell you who you are.
44. The crow may be caged, but its thoughts are in the cornfield.
45. The frog knows more about the rain than the calendar.
46. The sea breeze blows the pelican where he wants to go.
47. The tail of an ox says, "Time goes, time comes."
48. What you lose in the fire, you will find in the ashes.
49. You may hide the fire, but you cannot hide the smoke.
50. God never gives pants without hips.
51. The frog that got eager died without a butt.
52. Never tie up a dog with a string of sausages.
53. The monkey says if his rump is bare it’s nobody’s business
54. Since my head is not cut I will put on a hat.
55. Only the knife knows what is in the heart of the yam.
56. The knife never cuts its own handle.
57. The pants are never faster than the feet.
58. The borrowed bowl cannot cook the dried beans.
59. Among the rice the little stone will taste some grease.
60. When the cat is out the rat runs the house.
61. Desire everything, lose everything.
62. When you see an old bone in the road, remember that it once had flesh on it.
63. Become friends with the knife before the apricot is ripe.
64. Watching doesn’t burn your eyes.
65. You may walk by the beggar but don’t break his calbas.
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