African Proverbs on Truth (17 Proverbs)
- Truth is the first victim of war.
(African Proverb)
- Truth is like fire it cannot be hidden under dry leaves.
(African Proverb)
- Truth cannot be hidden forever beneath evil.
(African Proverb)
- Truth and morning become light with time.
(African Proverb)
- The worst you can do to truth is to cloth it in lies, you can't undo it.
(African Proverb)
- The words you say to tell the truth are as important as the decision to be truthful.
(African Proverb)
- The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.
(African Proverb)
- The greatest truth is the simplest one.
(African Proverb)
- It's better to be punished for telling the truth than to be rewarded for saying lies.
(African Proverb)
- He who is wise endeavours to learn how to understand the truth not less than that.
(African Proverb)
- It may take a lot of time to fabricate a lie but the truth only takes seconds to elevate.
(African Proverb)
- Buy the truth but never sell it.
(African Proverb)
- A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
(African Proverb)
- Tell your friend a lie, if he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
(African Proverb)
- Sometimes a lie is kinder than a truth.
(African Proverb)
- Whoever tells the truth is chased out of nine villages.
(African Proverb)
- A lie has many variations, the truth none.
(African Proverb)
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