A distant fire does not burn.
— Swahili
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Kenyan Proverbs (001-050)

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Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
— Morocco
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Tobacco is different from millet flour.
— Hausa
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You cannot teach the old gorilla the road.
— Ugandan
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One does not give a hyena meat to look after.
— Hausa
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Words are silver, but answers are gold.
— Swahili
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A goat never grazes in the same place.
— Cameroonian
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The word of a friend makes you cry; the word of an enemy makes you laugh.
— Cameroonian
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Treat the days well and they will treat you well.
— Bemba
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When a leaf falls to the ground, the tree gets the blame.
— Cameroonian
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If he steals a needle, he will steal a cow.
— Morocco
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If a bird does not recognise a tree, it will not rest on it.
— Cameroonian
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The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.
— Ugandan
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No one extracts the oil but the oil presser.
— Egypt
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A soft tree is never broken by wind.
— Tanzanian
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I have come a long way; the journey has exhausted me.
— Swahili
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The moon lightens well but leaves certain areas in the dark.
— Ugandan
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It is the fowl with chicks that flees from the hawk.
— Hausa
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