Thursday, June 30, 2022
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 previous lies will contradict your future truths.
(African Proverb)
- You may as well die fighting the enemy than live exploited and be persecuted by him.
(African Proverb)
- You can't lead anyone further than you have gone yourself.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot hide your nakedness from your bath bucket.
(African Proverb)
- You can share the same bed but you can't share the same dream.
(African Proverb)
- Worry is like a rocking chair it swings you back and forth and it takes you nowhere.
(African Proverb)
- Why take away something by force which you can obtain by love.
(African Proverb)
- Where you won't feast from, you sense it sooner than later.
(African Proverb)
- When you're a stranger in a land, if good comes to it may you have you share and if bad comes let it go to the owners of the land who know what gods should be appeased.
(African Proverb)
- When weeds invade the land, it means the owner is absent.
(African Proverb)
- When the cockroach decides to make the cock its friend it must be ready to end up in the cock's stomach.
(African Proverb)
- When cats are hairdressers, rats will always go around with uncombed hair.
(African Proverb)
- When a naked person promises you cloth beware.
(African Proverb)
- When a chick ignores its mother's warning, the eagle grasps it for a meal.
(African Proverb)
- What use to cover a mend in the Mona Lisa with a crayon.
(African Proverb)
- What is in a heart of a sober man is on the tongue of a drunkard.
(African Proverb)
- Until the snake is dead do not drop the stick.
(African Proverb)
- Your mother is the bodyguard of your father.
(African Proverb)
- You have to heal the wound before it ignores the medicine.
(African Proverb)
- You can't jump a swamp before you reach it.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot lean on air.
(African Proverb)
- You can see the fowl's innerness when the wind is blowing.
(African Proverb)
- Work is good, as long as you don't forget to live.
(African Proverb)
- Whoever stands in need of honey should not be afraid of bees.
(African Proverb)
- Where you killed from is not where you eat from.
(African Proverb)
- When your opponents are you're friends there must be problems ahead.
(African Proverb)
- When water stays for long it stinks.
(African Proverb)
- When the cock craws the heart of a debtor skips a bit.
(African Proverb)
- When bad luck chooses you as a companion, even a ripe banana can remove your teeth.
(African Proverb)
- When a monkey doesn't get a banana, he eats chillies.
(African Proverb)
- When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.
(African Proverb)
- What the gods keep for the poor, no man can destroy.
(African Proverb)
- What grows quickly, dies quickly.
(African Proverb)
- Until the rotten tooth is pulled out cautiously, the mouth will not have rest.
(African Proverb)
- Your mind is like a parachute; it only works when it's open.
(African Proverb)
- You get what you deserve.
(African Proverb)
- You can't measure a snake until it's dead.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot handle fire with your hands.
(African Proverb)
- You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you.
(African Proverb)
- Words are like bullets; if they escape, you can't catch them again.
(African Proverb)
- Whoever rides on the lion's back must surely end up in the lion's stomach.
(African Proverb)
- Where there is a hippopotamus, be careful when passing with a pirogue.
(African Proverb)
- When your neighbour is wrong you point a finger, but when you are wrong you hide.
(African Proverb)
- When vultures surround you, try not to die.
(African Proverb)
- When the bush is on fire the chameleon learns to run first.
(African Proverb)
- When an old man dies, a library burns down.
(African Proverb)
- When a man says yes, his personal god says yes also.
(African Proverb)
- When a blind man tells you he is going to throw a stone, know that his foot is on the stone.
(African Proverb)
- What the eye has seen, the heart never forgets.
(African Proverb)
- What comes from the lips reaches the ears, what comes from the heart reaches the heart.
(African Proverb)
- Until the old moon disappears completely, the new moon can not come.
(African Proverb)
- Your greatest hope is your greatest fear.
(African Proverb)
- You don't punish a fish by throwing it in water.
(African Proverb)
- You can't order a goat to eat the hyena.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot hear a baby cry in the mother's womb.
(African Proverb)
- You can out run that which is running after you but not that that's running inside of you.
(African Proverb)
- Words are like arrows throw them only when you know where they will fall.
(African Proverb)
- Who walks in the mud, at some point must clean his feet.
(African Proverb)
- Where there is a frog, the snake is not far away.
(African Proverb)
- When your leg is sinking your whole body should fill it.
(African Proverb)
- When two ageing good friends fight, it's because of an old grouch.
(African Proverb)
- When the buttocks foul the air it's the head that gets knocked.
(African Proverb)
- When an elephant eats and eats and still cries for more, it is the grass that will get embarrassed.
(African Proverb)
- When a man raises his voice at home, know that he started lowering if elsewhere.
(African Proverb)
- When a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.
(African Proverb)
- What the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see.
(African Proverb)
- Well-timed silence is the most commanding __expression.
(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)
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