African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- Being in the forest and failing to see trees is a curse.
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- Bad luck for one man is good luck for another.
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- Any weapon is dangerous even to a person handling it.
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- An elephant never gets tired of supporting its tusks.
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- A worm cannot kill a fly.
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- A whisper has more meaning than a noisy talk.
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- A strong man never stays long in the ground.
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- A single slip may cause lasting injury.
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- A ripe melon falls by itself.
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- A person who is stung by a bee fears a big housefly.
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- A mother cannot give birth to something bigger than herself.
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- A man who is patient is rewarded.
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- A man has to hold his mouth open a long time before a roasted partridge flies into it.
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- A leader is he who tells his people what they must hear, not what they want to hear.
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- A husband may be the head of a home but the wife is the heart of a home.
(African Proverb)
- A good smile shows how happy the soul is.
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- A friend is one who knows every thing about you and still wants to be your friend.
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- A false friend is like a shadow their only with you when the sun is shining.
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- A dead cock never crows.
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- A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes.
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- The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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- The corpse of a bird does not decompose in flight, but on the ground.
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- The buffalo's shit is dry on top when inside its wet.
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- The axe forgets; the tree remembers.
(African Proverb)
- Tell your friend a lie, if he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
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- Students are the only consumers who do not want what they pay for.
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- Silence brings wisdom of the ancestors.
(African Proverb)
- Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise.
(African Proverb)
- Open your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits.
(African Proverb)
- One who carries a pot of honey doesn't envy the sugarcane farmer.
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- On the day a monkey dies, all the trees are slippery.
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- No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.
(African Proverb)
- No matter how painful the loss, the bereaved won't be buried with the corpse.
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- No matter how high the vulture may choose to soar, the eagle will remain king of the sky.
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- Nicknames are the hardest stones the devil can throw at a man.
(African Proverb)
- Monkeys don't advise there young ones to be careful on trees they just remind them of the distance to the ground.
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- Love never gets lost it's only kept.
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- Life is like a boat you move on when you paddle and stay in the same place if not.
(African Proverb)
- It's too late to fatten a cow on the market day.
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- It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
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- It takes a breast for a child to know it's mother and it takes a mother for a child to know its father.
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- It is only a mad dog that barks at a flying bird.
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- It is difficult for two long-nosed lovers to kiss.
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- In the birds' court, a cockroach never wins his case.
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- If you're caught in a trap then you're the thief.
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- If you want to improve your memory, lend someone money.
(African Proverb)
- If you value piece and freedom you will loose it.
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- If you observe attentively you will even find wisdom in shadows.
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- If you have health you have hope you have everything.
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- If you don't know the path to the spring or swamp, follow the trail of broken pots.
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- If you carry the egg basket do not dance.
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- If water were enough, fish would not take bait.
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- If rain beats the teeth, the lips get the blame.
(African Proverb)
- If a dog bites you once it's his fault, but if it bites you again it's your fault.
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- Honest advice doesn't destroy true friendship.
(African Proverb)
- He who tries to shake a tree stump shakes only himself.
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- He who misleads you cannot buy you.
(African Proverb)
- He who has people is richer than he who has money.
(African Proverb)
- He who doesn't know you, will not value you.
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- He who burns down his house knows why ashes cost a fortune.
(African Proverb)
- Happy is a man who goes hunting for rats and catches an elephant.
(African Proverb)
- Get what to lend out and at the same time how to demand it back, for payment might be a tussle.
(African Proverb)
- Everything has a pattern and a partner.
(African Proverb)
- Even when there is no rooster, the morning will still start.
(African Proverb)
- Even if the hen is poor it cannot leave blank eggs.
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- Dry thunder that tears the sky doesn't make you forget the storm of yesterday.
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- Don't make a goat your friend if your skirt is made of plantation leaves, or else it will strip you naked.
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- Don't admire the flying bird before you know the pain of flapping.
(African Proverb)
- Debt is slavery.
(African Proverb)
- Buy the truth but never sell it.
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- Being blind doesn't mean one cannot dream or imagine.
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- Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
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- Any dead fish can flow down the river but it takes a live one to swim back up stream.
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- An elephant grows and becomes an adult, even if people do not like it.
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- A word written stays forever than hundred spoken work.
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- A weird child at times brings sweet fruits at home.
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- A stolen object does not fill ones heart with joy.
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- A sin against a brother or sister is an offence against the gods.
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- A restless grasshopper eventually ends up in a birds teeth.
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- A person who is not disciplined cannot be cautioned.
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