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GHANA -COAT OF ARMS 

MOTTO: FREEDOM  &  JUSTICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                             GHANAIAN   PROVERBS

 

1.  Impatience cannot ignite a fire

 

2.  We should not try to eat a chicken before it is cooked

 

3.   An empty sack will not stand upright

 

4.    Honey catches more flies than vinegar

 

5.    An antelope does not wear the shoes of an elephant

 

6.  A tree does not disapprove of itself  because one of its  branches is cut off

 

7.     However small the pepper it will always have a sharp taste

 

8.     If you do not know where you are going ,at least know where you have come from

 

9.    There is no difference between the man who steals and who watches for him as he steals

 

10 .   He who is already wet need not fear the rain

 

11.    If you walk behind an elephant,you will not get drenched with dew

 

12.     If your pocket is empty ,ask your hand why

 

13.     The hair on the head is older than the beard on the chin

 

14.     Wisdom does not reside in one head alone

 

15.      The eyelids and the eyeballs should not quarrel

 

16.      Do not try to lean on a wall  that is not near you

 

17.      The most reliable person you can  send on an errand is yourself

 

18.       The best way to improve your memory is to lend people money

 

19.       A poor dancer always blames the drums

 

20.       At the tribunal of the foxes ,the chickens are always guilty

 

 


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