COOPERATION

Common proverbs of cooperation are:

1. A herbalist that refuses to ask laymen what leaves he looks for in the bush, must have difficulties getting what he wants.
2. It is a pot of water that is already half full that the world would like to help in filling to the brim.
3. If a drum is not made, it is the fault of the master; but if the drum is made and is not beaten, then that is the fault of the boys.
4. When an elephant falls, meat is sure to be surplus for those who follow the hunter.
5. One finger cannot remove lice from the head.
6. When the teeth fall off, the nose is sure to collapse.
7. A man can not sit down alone to plan for prosperity.
8. A man who lives alone is either always overworked, or always overfed.
9. A single tree can not make a forest.
10. A single man can not build a house.
11. If a child shoots and arrow that reaches the top of a tall palm tree, then it must be that an elderly person carved the arrow for him.
12. A man who walks alone carries a load of palm-fronds.
13. When the right hand washes the left hand and the left hand washes the right hand, both hands become clean.
14. A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
15. It is by the strength of their number that the ants in the field are able to carry their prey to the nest.
16. Two footsteps do not make a path.
17. Two raindrops do not make a pool.