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Everybody loves a lord: 

West African Proverbs Everybody loves a lord

A tattler is war than a thief: 

West African Proverbs A tattler is war than a thief

Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house : 

West African Proverbs Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house

You cannot pick up a pebble with one finger : 

Malawian Proverbs You cannot pick up a pebble with one finger

Two hippopotamuses cannot share the same hole : 

West African Proverbs Two hippopotamuses cannot share the same hole

An axe does not cut down a tree by itself : 

Borkinabe Proverbs An axe does not cut down a tree by itself

The tortoise is friends with the snail : 

Beninoir Proverbs The tortoise is friends with the snail

People helping one another can bring an elephant into the house : 

Ruwandan Proverbs People helping one another can bring an elephant into the house

Nobody mourns an unnoticed death : 

Burundian Proverbs Nobody mourns an unnoticed death

No matter how long a log may float in the water, it will never become a crocodile : 

Gambian Proverbs No matter how long a log may float in the water, it will never become a crocodile

The blacksmith in one village becomes a blacksmith's apprentice in another : 

Gambian Proverbs The blacksmith in one village becomes a blacksmith's apprentice in another

The friend of a fool is a fool. The friend of a wise person is another wise person : 

West African Proverbs The friend of a fool is a fool. The friend of a wise person is another wise person

Treat your guest as a guest for two days; on the third day, give him a hoe : 

Swahili Proverbs Treat your guest as a guest for two days; on the third day, give him a hoe

You must live within your sacred truth : 

West African Proverbs You must live within your sacred truth

A talkative bird will not build a nest : 

West African Proverbs A talkative bird will not build a nest

When two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers : 

Ugandan Proverbs When two elephants fight it is the grass that suffers

However black a cow is, the milk is always white : 

West African Proverbs However black a cow is, the milk is always white

Giant silk cotton trees grow out of very tiny seeds : 

West African Proverbs Giant silk cotton trees grow out of very tiny seeds

An adult squatting sees farther than a child on top of tree : 

West African Proverbs An adult squatting sees farther than a child on top of tree

Even the mightiest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest : 

Ugandan Proverbs Even the mightiest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest

Fear is not an obstacle to death: 

West African Proverbs Fear is not an obstacle to death

Fear is not an obstacle to death: 

West African Proverbs Fear is not an obstacle to death