African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- The insect that eats the leaf is under the leaf.
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- The grindstones can neither be used as a stool nor a headrest.
(African Proverb)
- The forest not only hides man's enemies but its full of man's medicine, healing power and food.
(African Proverb)
- Unless the broken tooth is thrown out the mouth will continue to chew with caution.
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- To whom to much is given we require too much from him.
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- Time is a teacher.
(African Proverb)
- Those who have friends in the kitchen don't starve.
(African Proverb)
- There is no day that goes without the moon and no day that goes without sunrise and sunset.
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- The world about us.
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- The visitor who goes away without eating never comes back.
(African Proverb)
- The teeth that cannot move in unison cannot bit a piece of meat.
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- The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes didn't have tears.
(African Proverb)
- The radiate sun reflections and lightening cannot make a blind person see.
(African Proverb)
- The one you minimise could be eating meat everyday.
(African Proverb)
- The mouth that speaks a lot is liable to hunt a friend.
(African Proverb)
- The man, who eats alone, dies alone.
(African Proverb)
- The hyena sleeps with the sheep.
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- The greatness of man's male organ don't call it an hydro cell.
(African Proverb)
- The fly had life even before the dog had its wounds.
(African Proverb)
- United we are a rock, divided we are sand.
(African Proverb)
- To travel is to see, to return is to talk.
(African Proverb)
- Time is a healer.
(African Proverb)
- Those who give birth to nincompoop it's not their wish.
(African Proverb)
- There is no better mirror than a best friend.
(African Proverb)
- The words you say to tell the truth are as important as the decision to be truthful.
(African Proverb)
- The venemous snake cannot be seen in the Savannah.
(African Proverb)
- The tears of a man flow into the stomach.
(African Proverb)
- The song sang by men when going to hunt is not the same song they sing when they come back.
(African Proverb)
- The radiant and well-understood speech of one person is better than the speech of a thousand people that is not.
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- The one whose foot you heal kicks you with it.
(African Proverb)
- The mouth that eats should not talk, for it risks swallowing a fly.
(African Proverb)
- The man who counts the bits of food he swallows is never satisfied.
(African Proverb)
- The hyena chasing two gazelles at the same will go to bed hungry.
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- The greatest truth is the simplest one.
(African Proverb)
- Two rams cannot drink from the same bucket at the same time; they will lock horns.
(African Proverb)
- To suffer doesn't mean to die.
(African Proverb)
- Thunder cannot make a deaf person hear.
(African Proverb)
- Those who get their kola nut cracked by the spirit should not forget to be humble.
(African Proverb)
- There is always a winner even in a monkey's beauty contest.
(African Proverb)
- The words of the wise become sweet the day after.
(African Proverb)
- The unborn baby that fears criticism will never be born.
(African Proverb)
- The sweetness of a kola nut doesn't lie in its sugar content.
(African Proverb)
- The smoke caused by meat which is roasted does not cause pain in the eyes of a hungry person.
(African Proverb)
- The rabbit that dances on the broken branch of a high tree must look down to see how many mouths are opened wide beneath.
(African Proverb)
- The one who wrestles with a big man will soon wear himself out.
(African Proverb)
- The mouth of an elderly man is without teeth, but never without words of wisdom.
(African Proverb)
- The madman, who throws a stone into a crowded market, forgets that his own mother could be hit by his madness.
(African Proverb)
- The hunter who is tracking an elephant does not stop to throw stones at birds.
(African Proverb)
- The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.
(African Proverb)
- Two cats can never be equal; one will always be bigger than the other.
(African Proverb)
- To remove a fly from a friend's forehead never use a hatchet.
(African Proverb)
- Though the sky belongs to the bird it can't fly when it's raining.
(African Proverb)
- Those who get on the same pirogue, have the same aspirations.
(African Proverb)
- There is always one bull of the kraal.
(African Proverb)
- The words of the elders do not lock all the doors, they leave the right door open.
(African Proverb)
- The two hardest things in life to handle are success and failure.
(African Proverb)
- The sweet flying ants will never be birds.
(African Proverb)
- The sky is wide enough for two birds to fly without their wings touching.
(African Proverb)
- The queen ant feeds on its own ants.
(African Proverb)
- The one who went to the in-laws got trapped in a thorn tree.
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- The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.
(African Proverb)
- The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.
(African Proverb)
- The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it.
(African Proverb)
- The greatest crime in a desert is to find water and keep silent about it.
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- Truth is the first victim of war.
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- To neglect one's ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life.
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- Though the leopard is fierce, it does not devour its cubs.
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- Those who do not forgive break the bridge on which they have to pass.
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- There is a wise reason why a cock can't sound like a turkey.
(African Proverb)
- The word The word "yes" brings trouble; the word "no" leads to no evil.
(African Proverb)
- The turtle does not suffer when running.
(African Proverb)
- The sun will shine on those who are standing before it shines on those who are sitting.
(African Proverb)
- The shortest distance between two people is a smile.
(African Proverb)
- The problem with the palace attendant isn't how to steal the king's drums but where to play them from.
(African Proverb)
- The one who sleeps in his room knows where it is leaking.
(African Proverb)
- The mouth does not know limitations of its master.
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- The lion may be king of the jungle but he knows, he shouldn't stand in the way of the elephant.
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- The hottest music and dance always comes from home.
(African Proverb)
- The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.
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- Truth is like fire it cannot be hidden under dry leaves.
(African Proverb)
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