Central African Proverbs

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AfricanProverbs Posted: Tue, Mar 4 2008 21:53

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Here are some proverbs from Central Africa:

• No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow.
• Love is like a baby, it needs to be treated tenderly.
• Children are the reward of life.
• The teeth are smiling, but is the heart?
• The friends of our friends are our friends.
• Woods may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.
• Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success.
• Work is the medicine for poverty.
• You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty.
• Pride only goes the length one can spit.