1. “A bird that flies off the Earth and lands on an anthill is still on the
ground.”
2. “Only a fool tests the depth of a river with no feet.”
3. “Examine what is said, not who is speaking.”
4. “If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.”
5. “Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it.”
6. “A roaring lion kills no game.”
7. “Do not look where you feel. Look where you slipped.”
8. “Restless feet might walk you into a snake pit.”
9. “No shortcuts exist to the top of a palm tree.”
- “When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets hurt.”
11. “Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today.”
12. “No medicine exists that can cure hatred.”
13. “All monkeys cannot hang from the same branch.”
14. “He who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for
himself.”
15. “Even the lion protects himself against flies.”
16. “However long the night, the dawn will break.”
17. “If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run
away.”
18. “The axe forgets but the tree remembers.”
19. “Once you carry your own water, you’ll remember every drop.”
20. “Don’t set sail on someone else’s star.” - “To try and to fail is not laziness.”
22. “Seeing is different than being told.”
23. “No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not
make anyone wish for death.”
24. “Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.”
25. “Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag
with a hole.”
26. “A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.”
27. “Having a good discussion is like having riches.”
28. “Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.”
29. “He who refuses to obey cannot command.”
30. “Do not call a dog with a whip in your hand.” - “One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.”
32. “The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.”
33. “Rain does not fall on one roof alone.”
34. “However far a stream flows, it doesn’t forget its origin.”
35. “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the
night with a mosquito.”
36. “If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do no harm.”
37. “The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.”
38. “No person is born great. Great people become great when others are
sleeping.”
39. “When an old man dies, a library is burned with him.”