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Now onto those proverbs!Wisdom is wealth! One thing I respect deeply about Africa is the treasure of wisdom our ancestors have handed down to us. While some of our leaders may have forgotten them, the rest of us dont need to. From prudent sayings on wisdom itself, to judicious encouragements, warnings and even quirky advice on learning, patience, unity, wealth, poverty, community, family, love and marriage, these quotes will inspire you to be the best you can possibly be.

When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti Proverb

Photography by Eric Lafforgue http://www.ericlafforgue.comAfrican Quotes on Wisdom

Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~ Ethiopian proverb Wisdom does not come overnight. ~ Somali proverb The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water. ~ Cameroon proverb Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others. ~ Hema (DRC) proverb Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem. ~ Akan proverb Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand. ~ Guinean proverb In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom. ~ African proverb A wise person will always find a way. ~ Tanzanian proverb Nobody is born wise. ~ African proverb A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. ~Kenyan proverb Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan proverb

African Quotes on Learning

Learning expands great souls. ~ Namibian proverb To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African proverb By crawling a child learns to stand. ~ African proverb If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents. ~ African proverb He who learns, teaches. ~ Ethiopian proverb Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases. ~ Swahili proverb By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree. ~ Buganda proverb You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win. ~ African proverb You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down. ~ Bateke proverb The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat. ~ African proverb What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn. ~African proverb By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed. ~Ashanti proverb One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom. ~ African proverb You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla. ~Congolese proverb What you learn is what you die with. ~ African proverb Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone. ~Moroccan Proverb When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him. ~Ashanti Proverb Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off. ~African Proverb Advice is a stranger; if hes welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day. ~Malagasy Proverb Traveling is learning. ~Kenyan Proverb Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners. ~Swahili Proverb

African proverbs on Peace and Leadership

Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. ~Kenyan proverb War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful. ~Ashanti proverb Peace does not make a good ruler. ~Botswana proverb A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow. ~ Lesotho proverb There can be no peace without understanding. ~Senegalese proverb Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully. ~ African proverb If you cant resolve your problems in peace, you cant solve war. ~ Somalian proverb When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield. ~Ugandan proverb When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled. ~ Swahili saying Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. ~ West African proverb He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk. ~ Malawian proverb An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. ~ Ghanaian proverb He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it. ~ Ugandan proverb Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself. ~ Tanzanian proverb Without a leader, black ants are confused. ~Ugandan proverb He who refuses to obey cannot command. ~ Kenyan proverb He who fears the sun will not become chief. ~Ugandan proverb A large chair does not make a king. ~ Sudanese proverb Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom. ~ Ethiopian proverb Where a woman rules, streams run uphill. ~ Ethiopian proverb A leader who does not take advice is not a leader. ~ Kenyan proverb If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard. ~ Sierra Leone proverb

African Quotes on Unity and Community

Unity is strength, division is weakness. ~ Swahili proverb Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~ Bondei proverb It takes a village to raise a child. ~ African proverb Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile wont eat you. ~ African proverb Many hands make light work. ~ Haya (Tanzania) proverb Where there are many, nothing goes wrong. ~ Swahili proverb Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper. ~ Tanzanian proverb A single bracelet does not jingle. ~ Congolese proverb A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn. ~ African proverb If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African proverb

African Quotes on Family

A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place. ~ African Proverb A united family eats from the same plate. ~ Baganda proverb A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break. ~ African proverb If I am in harmony with my family, thats success. ~ Ute proverb Brothers love each other when they are equally rich. ~ African proverb Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb There is no fool who is disowned by his family. ~ African proverb Home affairs are not talked about on the public square. ~ African proverb If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? ~ African proverb He who earns calamity, eats it with his family. ~ African proverb Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family. ~ Ethiopian proverb The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth. ~ Akan (Ghana, Ivory Coast) proverb When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their fathers estate. ~ Ibo proverb Children are the reward of life. ~ African proverb

African Proverbs on Friendship

To be without a friend is to be poor indeed. ~ Tanzanian proverb Hold a true friend with both hands. ~ African proverb The friends of our friends are our friends. ~ Congolese proverb A friend is someone you share the path with. ~ African proverb Show me your friend and I will show you your character. ~ African proverb Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. ~ African proverb Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough. ~ African proverb A small house will hold a hundred friends. ~ African proverb A close friend can become a close enemy.~ African proverb Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends. ~ Gabon proverb

African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty

Make some money but dont let money make you. ~ Tanzania It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia Money is sharper than the sword. Ashanti A mans wealth may be superior to him. ~ Cameroon The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu The wealth which enslaves the owner isnt wealth. ~ Yoruba The poor man and the rich man do not play together. ~ Ashanti Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba With wealth one wins a woman. ~ Uganda Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan A real family eats the same cornmeal. ~ Bayombe If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn. ~ Congo Money cant talk, yet it can make lies look true. ~ South Africa One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia Money is not the medicine against death. ~ Ghana He who receives a gift does not measure. ~ Africa Much wealth brings many enemies. Swahili There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. ~ Ethiopia What you give you get, ten times over. ~ Yoruba Greed loses what it has gained. ~ Africa You become wise when you begin to run out of money. ~ Ghana If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars. ~ Ghana You should not hoard your money and die of hunger. Ghana Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use. ~ Nigeria Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. ~ Akan Having a good discussion is like having riches ~ Kenya Knowledge is better than riches. ~ Cameroon You must act as if it is impossible to fail. ~ Ashanti Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can. ~ Ashanti

African Proverbs on Beauty

One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem. ~Ethiopian Proverb Beautiful from behind, ugly in front. ~Uganda Proverb The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart. ~Baluba proverb Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty. ~Nigerian Proverb A beautiful one hurts the heart. ~African Proverb Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruba Proverb The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on. ~Ghanaian Proverb If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty. ~Congolese Proverb The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful. ~Ganda Proverb Having beauty doesnt mean understanding the perseverance of marriage. ~African Proverb You are beautiful because of your possessions. ~Baguirmi Proverb Every woman is beautiful until she speaks. ~Zimbabwean Proverb Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face. ~Moroccan Proverb A beautiful thing is never perfect. ~Egyptian Proverb Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. ~Bantu Proverb There is no beauty but the beauty of action. ~Moroccan Proverb Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you. ~African Proverb A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character. ~Congolese Proverb Youth is beauty, even in cattle. ~Egyptian Proverb A pretty basket does not prevent worries. ~Congolese Proverb Its those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons. ~African Proverb The most beautiful fig may contain a worm. ~Zulu Proverb It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir. ~African Proverb A woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty. ~African Proverb A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner. ~African Proverb The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman. ~Shona Proverb Beautiful words dont put porridge in the pot. ~Botswana Proverb She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honors her; she is a goddess. ~African Proverb There is always a winner even in a monkeys beauty contest. ~African Proverb Dress up a stick and itll be a beautiful bride. ~Egyptian Proverb An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor. ~Ganda Proverb Even the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty. ~African Proverb Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones. ~Egyptian Proverb When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers. ~Igbo Proverb A womans polite devotion is her greatest beauty. ~African Proverb There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns. ~African Proverb He who marries a beauty marries trouble. ~Nigerian Proverb Despite the beauty of the moon, sun and the stars, the sky also has a threatening thunder and striking lightening. ~African Proverb Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it. ~African Proverb Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone. ~Nigerian Proverb Roosters tail feathers: pretty but always behind. ~Malagasy Proverb Beauty is not sold and eaten. ~Nigerian Proverb She is like a road pretty, but crooked. ~Cameroonian Proverb Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know. ~African Proverb If you find Miss This Year beautiful, then youll find Miss Next Year even more so. ~Nigerian Proverb The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it. ~African Proverb

African Love and Marriage Quotes

He who loves the vase loves also what is inside. ~ African proverb Its much easier to fall in love than to stay in love. ~ African proverb Coffee and love taste best when hot. ~ Ethiopian proverb Where there is love there is no darkness. ~Burundian proverb If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love. ~ Zimbabwean Proverp Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you. ~ African proverb To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better. ~ Wolof proverb A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries. ~ African proverb If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is. ~ Egyptian proverb Love never gets lost its only kept. ~ African proverb Never marry a woman who has bigger feet than you. ~ Mozambique proverb One thread for the needle, one love for the heart. ~ Sudanese proverb Love has to be shown by deeds not words. ~ Swahili proverb Love is a despot who spares no one. ~Namibian proverb Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside. ~ Ghanaian proverb

African Quotes on Patience

Patience is the key which solves all problems. ~ Sudanese proverb Hurry, hurry has no blessings. ~ Swahili proverb Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. ~ Bantu proverb To run is not necessarily to arrive. ~ Swahili proverb Patience can cook a stone. ~ African proverb A patient man will eat ripe fruit. ~ African proverb At the bottom of patience one finds heaven. ~ African proverb A patient person never misses a thing. ~ Swahili proverb Patience puts a crown on the head. ~ Ugandan proverb Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far. ~ Swahili proverb Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living. ~ Ibo proverb However long the night, the dawn will break. ~ African proverb (personal favourite!)

food proverbsAfrican Quotes on Food

As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it. ~Amharic Proverb The forest not only hides mans enemies but its full of mans medicine, healing power and food. ~African Proverb One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali. ~Kuria Proverb The man who counts the bits of food he swallows is never satisfied. ~African Proverb Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly. ~Kikuyu Proverb You cannot work for food when there is no food for work. ~African Proverb The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry. ~Bayombe Proverb He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others. ~Swahili Proverb Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth. ~African Proverb No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another. ~Xhosa Proverb The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food. ~Ghanaian Proverb Dont take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth. ~Malagasy Proverb Rich people sometimes eat bad food. ~Kikuyu Proverb The impotent man does not eat spicy foods. ~Congolese Proverb You should know whats being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food. ~African Proverb When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat. ~Mongo (Congolese) Proverb A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer. ~Ghanaian Proverb One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food. ~Angolan Proverb Cooked food is not sold for goats. ~Kikuyu Proverb The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food. ~African Proverb A dog knows the places he is thrown food. ~Acholi Proverb One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others. ~African Proverb Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food. ~Ibo Proverb The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine. ~Yoruba Proverb He who doesnt clean his mouth before breakfast always complains that the food is sour. ~African Proverb The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food. ~Akamba Proverb When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it. ~Kikuyu Proverb What one wont eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food. ~Bantu & Lamba Proverb Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed it you do not know how hot it is. ~Haussa Proverb No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another persons teeth. ~Igbo Proverb It is not the cooks fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless. ~Ewe Proverb A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone. ~Nigerian Proverb A spiders cobweb isnt only its sleeping spring but also its food trap. ~African Proverb If you watch your pot, your food will not burn. ~Mauritanian, Nigerian, and Niger Proverb Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life. ~Malawian Proverb Fine words do not produce food. ~Nigerian Proverb Even the best cooking pot will not produce food. ~African Proverb If I could see your face, I would not need food. ~Amharic Proverb If you find no fish, you have to eat bread. ~Ghanaian Proverb War is not porridge. ~Gikuyu Proverb The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit. ~Ethiopian Proverb Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd. ~Kuria People of Kenyan & Tanzania One shares food not words. ~Somali Proverb If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full. ~South African Proverb Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food. ~Ghanaian Proverb A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful. ~Malagasy Proverb If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance. ~African Proverb A bad cook also has his/her share of the bad food. ~African Proverb The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted. ~Zimbabwean Proverb Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup. ~Zimbabwean Proverb You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave him food yesterday. ~Zimbabwean Proverb Good music goes with good food. ~African Proverb Rich people cook their food in a potsherd. ~Kikuyu Proverb However little food we have, well share it even if its only one locust. ~Malagasy Proverb Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food. ~African Proverb Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right. ~Ethiopian Proverb The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach. ~Kikuyu Proverb When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns. ~Zambian Proverb Happiness is as good as food. ~Maasai Proverb Good words are food, bad words poison. ~Malagasy Proverb The goat says: Where there is blood, there is plenty of food. ~Ghanaian Proverb If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter. ~Fulani Proverb They ate our food, and forgot our names. ~Tunisian Proverb An abundance of food at your neighbours will not satisfy your hunger. ~Bayaka Proverb Food you will not eat you do not boil. ~African Proverb

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With all these great African proverbs why is Africa so united and not progressed perhaps from western viewpoint? Or perhaps am I looking from a materialistic point of view?perhaps it has reached its peak from a spiritual happiness index? Reply Henry Dankwa February 23, 2014

When people hear Africa they think of one big country, despite all of its problems countries in Africa are progressing but you never see or hear of that on the news, all you see or hear about is the wars,famine and corruption. Most of these african countries barely gained independence in the 50s,60s and 70s but oh men they doing so well and I am proud of them and and proud to be African. I know that Africa will progress but it wont happen over time,we need all those children that went to the Europes and Americas to further their to come back and rebuild africa. Africans are rich in happiness despite our struggles, we are always laughing and smiling,shaking hands and never letting go, shouting on top of our voices when excited, but only a few outsiders understand. Reply Franco October 28, 2014

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I love the proverbs. they really teach a lot. Reply Neva Mwiti February 5, 2014

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preserving African identifty, love and treasure is through the proverbs taught by our forefathers, we should emulate them Reply Blessing February 16, 2014

This is great staff i really enjoyed the.proverbs. Reply Edwin March 27, 2014

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I really enjoyed the proverbs Reply king April 9, 2014

i love reading proverbsbut am going to add one on top of leadershipA leader is he who tells his people what they most hear not what they want to hear.. Reply origho oghenekaro June 19, 2014

am proud to be Africa and am proud to be a Nigeria Reply GIDUDU June 25, 2014

great messages full of wisdom in proverbs . Reply usman musa abba July 22, 2014

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I really enjoy the proverbs.my own is,being far away from home makes you home sick. Reply Jodemason August 17, 2014

atleast i have something to guide me as i deal with this world.. knowing the application of these proverbs is worth than a degree course.. Jodemason from South Sudan Reply Mading Majok August 17, 2014

I am glad to have at least read variety of African proverbs. Reply Simbaratenzi September 4, 2014

great stuff, i have grown wise through these proverbs. Africa is the mother of all wisdom. Reply Akunye Yaw September 5, 2014

Reading of proverb is like learning of knowledge Reply Kim September 21, 2014

I love this page. The quotes explain many things about us. It is amazing how many of these ancient sayings are credited to people who never said theand the lies continue. I appreciate this page and use its contents often. Thank you Reply Kang Kuol-Agaany October 20, 2014

I like our treasure ancestors for leaving us a wealth saying to guide ourselves with. I want to add one also. Success in Institutional development is dealing with objectives than with subjective! Reply Kang Kuol-Agaany October 20, 2014

I admire reading proverbs as my name means the Wise saying or proverb. Reply Giovanni Angella October 24, 2014

African Proverbs Builds and gives one confidence of identity. Am proud to be an African and Proud to be A karimojong. Reply JAIRUS REECH AKOL November 29, 2014

Its been amazing reading and deeply contemplating their meanings,,big upz Africans! Reply Merci Merc December 16, 2014

I just was put on to these quotes today by a good friend. Its so much wisdom in each of these quotes. Now we know why Africa is the Mother and Fathers of civilization. Keep spreading love and wisdom to the world. And I will pay this forward. Thanks do much. Reply Charlie Kay December 17, 2014

I love these proverbs, they help me grow my mind. Please DO MORE!!!!!!! Reply kennedy wamukune sunguri January 5, 2015

Awesome!!!! Im loving this so educative.if u know any of proverb from tachoni community of western kenya email me I l b greatful. Reply Nat Turner January 31, 2015

Wow!!! this is some incredible information, I love these proverbs. What is so amazing about them is this. I can really feel them deep down in my soul. The words reaches back to my ancestors, and come forward, and take me to a greater and Super Powerful African. I look forward to studying each one of them, to master its profound meaning of life. Thank you!

Nat Turner Reply judy wanjiku January 14, 2015

I love Africa its a happy continent and patient to growth Reply lilian chepngetich March 10, 2015

i like African proverbs they teach us more!but how can i download this proverbs?? Reply I. E. JAMES March 10, 2015

I love african saying because it is part of my life. AFrican tradition is the best of all, and am proud to be an african man. Reply SibghatUllah March 12, 2015

What does that suppose to mean..? Anyone Explain please In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams. ~ Nigerian proverb Reply ocaya fredrick March 14, 2015

with all this proverbs i hope i will as a true african Reply ocaya fredrick March 14, 2015

with all this proverbs i hope i will grow into a true African Reply Wycliffe Johnson Odhiambo March 27, 2015

wow!!! what a great wealth we have. Reply Troy Johnson March 28, 2015

What a fine website! Reply Odhiambo George April 13, 2015

Educative proverbs Reply AMUDALA SATYANARAYANA April 24, 2015

I PRAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD TO SHOWER THE RAIN OF HIS LOVE THROUGH OUT AFRICA - AMUDALA SATYANARAYANA, Reply Albert Obuya April 27, 2015

Neva, This is brilliant! Im really impressed. Please try airing your programs on TV. Your content is wonderful. You make me really proud to be African. God bless! Albert Reply Afritorial May 18, 2015

Thank you Albert, we appreciate the great feedback! Reply Albert Obuya April 27, 2015

Neva When you start presenting cultural programs on TV, please let me know so that I can buy the latest HD camera. I will be a volunteer. Albert Reply peter April 28, 2015

Am really satisfied by the way Africans proverb and am proud to be an African. Reply Atsulu Achulu May 20, 2015

I was extremely pressed by the proverbs,especially the one that goes. if you want to go fast go alone,if you wanna go far go together. The firat time I saw it I was transiting OR Tambo airport and saw a big mural with the same proverb. Thanks a lot to the whole team. Reply

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