African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- He who has the necessities has no shame.
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- Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat,it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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- A wound inflicted by a friend does not heal.
(African Proverb)
- A guest who breaks the dishes of his host is not soon forgotten.
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- Without human companions, paradise itself would be an undesirable place.
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- When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length.
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- To trouble me is better than to forget me.
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- The very fact that we are looking for something usually stands in the way of our finding it.
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- The last partridge will take the most arrows.
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- That which is deadly may have a sweet scent.
(African Proverb)
- Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home.
(African Proverb)
- If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
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- I don't sow ground nuts when the monkey is watching.
(African Proverb)
- He who does not know is forgiven by God.
(African Proverb)
- Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.
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- A woman's strength is a multitude of words.
(African Proverb)
- A fool may chance to put something into a wise man's head.
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- Whom a serpent has bitten a lizard alarms.
(African Proverb)
- When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk.
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- Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.
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- The tree that is not taller than you cannot shade you.
(African Proverb)
- The knife that has been lent, never comes back alone.
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- Strung like flowers on the same lei needle. Married.
(African Proverb)
- No one is without knowledge except he who asks no questions.
(African Proverb)
- If you know the beginning well, the end will not trouble you.
(African Proverb)
- Don't ask me where I am going but where I have come from.
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- He who betrays you is not one from far away.
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- Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby.
(African Proverb)
- A woman wearing trousers? What has she got hanging in there?
(African Proverb)
- A fool looks for dung where the cow never browsed.
(African Proverb)
- Whoever tells the truth is chased out of nine villages.
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- When the heart acts the body is its slave.
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- Those who wear pearls do not know how often the shark bites the leg of the diver.
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- The tree breaks that takes all the force of the wind.
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- The key that opens is also the key that locks.
(African Proverb)
- Sorrow is like a precious treasure, shown only to friends.
(African Proverb)
- No chicken will fall into the fire a second time.
(African Proverb)
- If you have five wives, then you have five tongues.
(African Proverb)
- Hunt in every jungle, for there is wisdom and good hunting in all of them.
(African Proverb)
- He ought to be feared who sends you with a message, not the one to whom you are sent.
(African Proverb)
- Do not laugh at the fallen; you may find slippery roads ahead.
(African Proverb)
- A woman listens only to the advice of a fool.
(African Proverb)
- A dog returns to where he has been fed.
(African Proverb)
- Whoever has only one garment does not wash it when it rains.
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- When the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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- Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.
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- The thrower of stones throws away the strength of his own arm.
(African Proverb)
- The house of the heart is never full.
(African Proverb)
- Silence gives rise to peace and with peace comes security.
(African Proverb)
- Marriage is a snake to slip into your handbag.
(African Proverb)
- If you have escaped the jaws of the crocodile while bathing in the river, you will surely meet a leopard on the way.
(African Proverb)
- Human blood is heavy; he who has shed it cannot run away.
(African Proverb)
- He on whose head we would break a coconut never stands still.
(African Proverb)
- Differences between husband and wife should not be aired in the marketplace.
(African Proverb)
- A woman is like a banana; one alone can turn the whole bunch rotten.
(African Proverb)
- A dog does not mind being called a dog.
(African Proverb)
- Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers.
(African Proverb)
- When the big tree falls, the goat eats its leaves.
(African Proverb)
- They who dig the wells never drink from them.
(African Proverb)
- The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
(African Proverb)
- The hollow of the ear is never full.
(African Proverb)
- Send a boy where he wants to go and you see his best pace.
(African Proverb)
- Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.
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- If you get rich, be in a dark corner when you jump for joy.
(African Proverb)
- However long the night, the dawn will break.
(African Proverb)
- Good things sell themselves; those that are bad have to be advertised.
(African Proverb)
- Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
(African Proverb)
- A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything
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- A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
(African Proverb)
- Where water is the boss, there must the land obey.
(African Proverb)
- When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
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- There is not enough room for two elephants to sit in the same shade.
(African Proverb)
- The success of a man is through the soles of his feet, that of a woman is from her legs.
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- The fuel in the lamp consumes itself but lights others.
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- Scandal is like an egg; when it is hatched it has wings.
(African Proverb)
- Live patiently in the world; know that those who hate you are more numerous than those who love you.
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- If you do not have patience you cannot make beer.
(African Proverb)
- He whose mother is naked is not likely to clothe his aunt.
(African Proverb)
- God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.
(African Proverb)
- Come and I'll tell you something, tickles the ear.
(African Proverb)
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