African American Proverbs (20 Proverbs)
- Occasionally a man with a right smart education can't find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.
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- Nothing can suffice a person except that which they have not.
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- Jaybird don't rob his own nest.
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- It takes a heap of licks to drive a nail in the dark.
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- In the South they don't care how close you get, as long as you don't get too high
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- I'm not going to lend you a stick to break my head with.
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- Heaps of good cotton stocks get chopped up from association with the weeds.
(African American Proverb)
- Hand plow can't make furrows by itself.
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- When the bait is more than the fish, 'tis time to stop fishing.
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- Flies can't fall in a tight-closed pot.
(African American Proverb)
- Wagon makes the loudest noise when it's goin' out empty.
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- Dog don't get mad when you say he's a dog.
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- The worm don't see nothing pretty in the robin's song.
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- Death don't see no difference 'tween the big house and the cabin.
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- The squirrel can beat the rabbit climbing a tree, but then the rabbit makes the best stew that sort of equalizes the thing.
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- Ain't no use askin' the cow to pour you a glass of milk.
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- The rainbow might be better lookin' if 'twasn't such a cheap show.
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- Talkin' 'bout fire doesn't boil the pot.
(African American Proverb)
- Rooster makes mo' racket dan de hen w'at lay de aig.
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- Old used-to-do-it-this-way don't help none today.
(African American Proverb)
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