No matter how beautiful and well-crafted a coffin might look,
it will not make anyone wish for death.
African Proverb
Nobody is born wise.
African Proverb
The chicken that digs for food
will not sleep hungry.
Congolese Proverb
The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
Zulu Proverb
The wise create proverbs for fools to learn,
not to repeat.
African Proverb
There is always a winner
even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
African Proverb
There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
Moroccan Proverb
To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
Tanzanian Proverb
To run is not necessarily to arrive.
Swahili Proverb
To try and to fail is not laziness.
Sierra Leonean Proverb