Monday, April 6, 2020
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)
- Your mind is like a parachute; it only works when it's open.
(African Proverb)
- You can't measure a snake until it's dead.
(African Proverb)
- You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you.
(African Proverb)
- Whoever rides on the lion's back must surely end up in the lion's stomach.
(African Proverb)
- When your neighbour is wrong you point a finger, but when you are wrong you hide.
(African Proverb)
- When the bush is on fire the chameleon learns to run first.
(African Proverb)
- When a man says yes, his personal god says yes also.
(African Proverb)
- What the eye has seen, the heart never forgets.
(African Proverb)
- Until the old moon disappears completely, the new moon can not come.
(African Proverb)
- You may say the cassava in your mouth is bitter, but it is only looking at the next one.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot reject the head of a cow simply because the eye scares you.
(African Proverb)
- You are invited to join the hunt when your nets are in evidence.
(African Proverb)
- Wherever something stands, another thing stands beside it.
(African Proverb)
- When you chase a fellow man reserve the strength to switch you back when he recharges and turns.
(African Proverb)
- When many trees fall on top of one another, a wise man removes the one on top first.
(African Proverb)
- When a cow is crying, a dog is making a party.
(African Proverb)
- What is put in a basket before going to the market won't be the same thing returned in the basket.
(African Proverb)
- You don't give someone a goat for a gift and still hold on to the rope.
(African Proverb)
- You cannot climb a bid of success with your hands tied up.
(African Proverb)
- With much knowledge there is much sorrow, with much wisdom there is much weeping.
(African Proverb)
- Where the rain falls there is no hunger.
(African Proverb)
- When the river dries up, we will all see where the crocodile sleeps.
(African Proverb)
- When a stone is identified it cannot destroy a hoe.
(African Proverb)
- What you learn is what you die with.
(African Proverb)
- Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
(African Proverb)
- Your greatest hope is your greatest fear.
(African Proverb)
- You can't order a goat to eat the hyena.
(African Proverb)
- You can out run that which is running after you but not that that's running inside of you.
(African Proverb)
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