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Behold the iguana puffing itself out to make itself a man.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

A termite grows up in dry wood, and yet comes to maturity.

Proverbs and old sayings

The last partridge to rise gets the most sticks thrown at it.

Proverbs and old sayings

The wrong-headed fool who refuses counsel, will come to grief.

Proverbs and old sayings about sadness, moral, bad

The girl with stars in her eyes will shine like the moonlight.

Proverbs and old sayings about celebrity, stars, eyes

The seed waits for its garden or ground where it will be sown.

Proverbs and old sayings about garden

He. He. He. You begin with the meal before the water is boiling.

Proverbs and old sayings about water, contentment

When a bird builds its nest it uses the feathers of other birds.

Proverbs and old sayings

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny.

Proverbs and old sayings about rocks, rules, nation, destiny

The impatient person eats goat; the one who hesitates eats beef.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

Once you have found your first diamond, you will never give up looking.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

When the elephant is slain all the tribes gather together to eat of it.

Proverbs and old sayings

One who enters a hut does not smell the termites roasting in the boiler.

Proverbs and old sayings

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago; the next best time is now.

Proverbs and old sayings about time

The dupe who takes possession of a lame ox is seldom recognized as a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings

Hope does not kill; I shall live in hope of getting what I seek another day.

Proverbs and old sayings about hope, day

If he keeps on imitating everybody the monkey will one day cut his own throat.

Proverbs and old sayings about day

Until the lions have their historians, tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter.

Proverbs and old sayings about fairy tales, hunters

The one chased away with a club comes back, but the one chased away with reason does not.

Proverbs and old sayings about reason

The quail waits for the stick; the idle loiterer about a place waits for a kick from an old boot.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness