1. A magician doesn’t perform the same trick twice to the same audience – Jamaican proverb
2. When a snake bites someone, he becomes afraid of even a rope – Nigerian proverb
3. Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it – Akan proverb
4. The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth – African proverb
5. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together – African proverb
6. Rats don’t dance in the open without a plan – Ghanaian proverb
7. A bird will always use its beak to feed itself – Swahili proverb
8. He who learns, teaches – Ethiopian proverb
9. The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks – African proverb
10. Wisdom is like fire; people take it from others – Haya proverb
11. A single bracelet does not jingle – Congolese proverb
12. Even the best cooking pot will not produce food – African proverb
13. Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true – South African proverb
14. The child who is not taught by the mother will be taught by the world – African proverb
15. A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning – Kenyan proverb
16. You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down – Bantu proverb
17. A restless foot may walk into a snake’s path – African proverb
18. The axe forgets, but the tree remembers – Zimbabwean proverb
19. A man who counts his money after giving it to a trader has lost both – Nigerian proverb
20. The sun never sets without fresh news – Maasai proverb
21. The rain does not fall on one roof alone – Cameroonian proverb
22. Patience can cook a stone – African proverb
23. However long the night, the dawn will break – Hausa proverb
24. No matter how long the moon disappears, someday it must shine again – African proverb
25. You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla – Congolese proverb
26. A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground – Igbo proverb
27. Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem – Yoruba proverb
28. The eye of the leopard is on the goat, not on the grass – African proverb
29. Knowledge is a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested – Guinean proverb
30. A man who swallows a mango seed must have trust in his anus – Ghanaian proverb
31. Even the best dancer on the stage must retire – African proverb
32. If the lion doesn’t tell his story, the hunter will – Zimbabwean proverb
33. A child’s fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm – Igbo proverb
34. Truth is like a baobab tree; one person’s hand cannot embrace it – African proverb
35. An antelope does not wear the leopard’s coat – African proverb
36. He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it – Ugandan proverb
37. The one chased away with a club comes back, but the one chased away with reason never returns – Kenyan proverb
38. A man who uses his mouth as a spoon will soon lick hot soup – African proverb
39. When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches – Nigerian proverb
40. One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom – African proverb