Thursday, September 23, 2021
African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- Those who waste time only hurt themselves.
(African Proverb)
- Good actions are nourishment for youths, much more than words.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot climb a bid of success with your hands tied up.
(African Proverb)
- You can hide wine in a gourd but not in the belly.
(African Proverb)
- With much knowledge there is much sorrow, with much wisdom there is much weeping.
(African Proverb)
- Who eats too much, will then be sick.
(African Proverb)
- Where the rain falls there is no hunger.
(African Proverb)
- When you plant a yam it produces another yam.
(African Proverb)
- When the river dries up, we will all see where the crocodile sleeps.
(African Proverb)
- When problems come they carry along with them all their relatives.
(African Proverb)
- When a stone is identified it cannot destroy a hoe.
(African Proverb)
- When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.
(African Proverb)
- What you learn is what you die with.
(African Proverb)
- What makes a sheep blit loudly the goat had already seen before.
(African Proverb)
- Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
(African Proverb)
- You will never know the importance of the buttocks, until they develop a boil.
(African Proverb)
- You don't give someone a goat for a gift and still hold on to the rope.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot win a lottery without buying a ticket.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot blindfold a man and expect him to ferry you across the river.
(African Proverb)
- You can beat a fool half to death but you can't beat the foolishness out of him.
(African Proverb)
- With a little seed of imagination you can grow a field of hope.
(African Proverb)
- Who does not love to dance, does not love to sing.
(African Proverb)
- Where rain has ever been trapped before when it rains again it will get trapped once again.
(African Proverb)
- When you lose on the drum-beating if the gods, you lose on the rhythm and pace of life.
(African Proverb)
- When the rain falls, it falls on both the freeborn and the slaves.
(African Proverb)
- When one tries to shake a big tree, he ends up shaking himself.
(African Proverb)
- When a stiff-necked bull stands with its four legs planted firmly and refuses to move, you cannot make it go ahead only by pulling it by the reins and using your whip.
(African Proverb)
- When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out.
(African Proverb)
- What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
(African Proverb)
- What makes a fool excited now a wise person had heard before and isn't excited.
(African Proverb)
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