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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