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“An adult squatting down sees farther than a child standing on top of a tree.”

Age and experience often perceive more than youth and height alone.

— Traditional Gambia Wisdom, Gambia

Source: Traditional Gambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition

More Proverbs from Gambia

“If a donkey kicks you and you kick back, you are both donkeys.”

Responding to foolishness with more foolishness only lowers you to the same level.

Source: Traditional Gambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition

“A fly that has no one to advise it follows the corpse into the grave.”

Those who refuse guidance can be led straight into their own ruin.

Source: Traditional Gambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition

“Giant silk-cotton trees grow out of very tiny seeds.”

Great things have humble beginnings; a small start can grow into something immense.

Source: Traditional Gambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition

“However black a cow is, its milk is always white.”

A person's outward appearance does not determine the goodness of what they produce.

Source: Traditional Gambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition

“No matter how long a log stays in the water, it will never become a crocodile.”

Similar circumstances do not change something's fundamental nature.

Source: Traditional Gambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition

“If a child's hands are clean, he can eat with the elders.”

Merit and good conduct earn a person a place among their elders, regardless of age.

Source: Traditional Gambia proverb, public-domain oral tradition