South African Proverbs

* Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it chased it.
* I relied on the report of "ntulo" (the blue-headed lizard).
* It is the chef who knows the contents of the pot the best
* The grass that lays should not be raised, Only fire can revive it (Ignorance is NOT bliss)
* The Eye dares to cross the river while it rages. (Cant blame me for looking)
* When you shoot a zebra in the black stripe, the white dies too; shoot it in the white and the black dies too.
* When you have a lot to do, start with a meal.
* Before you milk a cow tie it up.
* A fool is a wise man's ladder.
* Behold the iguana puffing itself out to make itself a man!
* Almost is not eaten.
* Abundance does not spread; famine does.
* As great birds die the eggs rot.
* He who has no intelligence is happy with it.
* Hope does not kill; I shall live in hope of getting what I seek another day.
* If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full.
* No hill without gravestones, no valley without shadows.
* Old age does not announce itself.
* The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny.