Tuesday, June 8, 2021
African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- Good actions are nourishment for youths, much more than words.
(African Proverb)
- Those who waste time only hurt themselves.
(African Proverb)
- Your food is supposed to be your medicine and your medicine is supposed to be your food.
(African Proverb)
- You don't have to tell the deaf that there is a stampede in the market.
(African Proverb)
- You can't inject new ideas in a man's head by cutting it off.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot expect me to carry you on my back and then you say my head smells.
(African Proverb)
- You can never sow rice and expect to harvest maize.
(African Proverb)
- Without impalas and hyenas, the lion cannot be the king of the jungle.
(African Proverb)
- Who takes a hut, also takes the rats and cockroaches.
(African Proverb)
- Where there is a crippled don't imitate is disability.
(African Proverb)
- When your house is on fire you don't choose who to help you put out the fire.
(African Proverb)
- When there is a misunderstanding between the left leg and right leg the entire body falls down.
(African Proverb)
- When the bells are in water they can't make any sound.
(African Proverb)
- When an elephant becomes as small as a monkey, it ceases to be an elephant.
(African Proverb)
- When a man curses his own child it is a terrible thing.
(African Proverb)
- When a bee stings a man, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives.
(African Proverb)
- What reveals a man is his behavior in time of hunger.
(African Proverb)
- Wearing a mended dress is better than being naked.
(African Proverb)
- Your feet will take you away from home but your stomach will bring you back.
(African Proverb)
- You don't have to lie down at the spot where your enemy has thrown you.
(African Proverb)
- You can't hide the smoke when the house is burning.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot exchange peace for war.
(African Proverb)
- You can leave without a friend but never without a neighbour.
(African Proverb)
- Without effort no harvest will be abundant.
(African Proverb)
- Who owns too much, remains unhappy.
(African Proverb)
- Where there are no fools, there would be no wise men.
(African Proverb)
- When your friend gives your wife an expensive present, it's time to get suspicious.
(African Proverb)
- When there is a big tree, small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
(African Proverb)
- When the big drum is sounded the small drums keep silence.
(African Proverb)
- When an abomination has become of age it becomes a tradition.
(African Proverb)
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