When the elderly ones in a house travel, the younger ones quickly grow in experience.African proverbThemesAgeExperienceMore like thisEverybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.also about youthWhen you are older, you keep warm with the wood you gathered in your youth.also about youthMan is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh.also about youthWhat the old man sees sitting down, the young man cannot see standing on a tree.also about youthThe youth walks faster than the elderly but the elderly knows the road.also about youthEvery time an old person dies it is as if a library has burnt down.also about elderNextWhen a handshake goes beyond the elbow, we know it has turned to another thing.
