Touareg Proverbs

* When the music changes, then the rhythm of the dance must change also.

* To him who puts a cord around his neck, God will supply someone to pull it.

* It is better to see for oneself than to be informed by a third person.

* Men and women towards each other are for the eyes and the heart, and not only for the bed.

* Houses are the graves of the living.

* Better to walk without knowing where than to sit doing nothing.

* That which you do not need will kill you.

* The harm done by an elephant is like that done by a storm, or by the government.

* Where water flows freely, people live in affluence.

* Salt doesn't say it's salty.

In other words, you don't have the right to talk about yourself.

* Luxury begins the day a man starts wearing shoes.

* In life, it is always possible to reach agreement in the end.

* What I wish best for myself, I wish it for my friends too.

* When the plough enters a house, so does the condition of the family become vile.

The Tuareg work with camels but domestic or agricultural work is completely unacceptable.

* Better a broken leg than a sharp tongue.