It is better to walk than curse the road. – Wolof proverb, Senegal

The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks. Vai, Liberia

A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything

Money is sharper than the sword. Ashanti tribe

If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn. Pigmy proverb

The teeth of a man serve as a fence. – Wolof proverb, Senegal

The rainmaker who doesn’t know what he’s doing will be found out by the lack of clouds. Luganda, Uganda

Bad dancing does not brake an engagement. – Luyia , Western Kenya

The eye is a coward. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

By coming and going, a bird weaves its nest. Ashanti, Ghana

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

A hyena cannot smell its own stench. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

One cannot count on riches. Somalia

He who marries a real beauty is seeking trouble. – Accra proverb, Ghana

Even a friend can not rescue one from old age. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

One person is thin porridge or gruel; two or three people are a handful of stiff cooked corn meal. – Kuria, Kenya/Tanzania and Ngoreme, Tanzania

There is no medicine against old age. – Accra proverb, Ghana

There is no bad patience. – (Knappert, p. 46, Swahili).

There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia

Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.

One who sees something good must narrate it. – Ganda, Uganda

Before the chicken carefully observe the character of your guest. Mandingo proverb

The good looks of a moron do not stay that way for long. – Ethiopia (Ayele, p. 23, Amharic)

A donkey knows no gratitude. – (Knappert, p. 138, Swahili)

God’s rain falls even on the . – Fipa, Tanzania

You can not take away someone’s luck. – Kalenjin (Kenya)

Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up. – Cape Coast, Ghana

A man’s wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon

Hold a true friend with both hands. – Kanuri proverb, Nigeria

Knowledge is better than riches. Cameroon

The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit. – Ethiopia

A messenger cannot be beaten . – Luyia proverbs , Western Kenya

The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. – Ethiopia

Goodness gets a seat. – Igala, Nigeria. (Pachocinski, p. 224; explanation: good people will be shown favors and will live longer).

The chicken is never declared in the court of hawks. – Cape Coast, Ghana

A crime eats its own child. Sechuana

Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leone

Blind belief is dangerous. – Luyia , Western Kenya

The pillar of the world is hope. – Kanuri proverb, Nigeria

A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief’s court. – Cape Coast, Ghana

A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia

He flees from the roaring lion to the crouching lion. Sechuana

Do they prepare leather [for a battle shield] the day they fight? – Zar, Nigeria