African Proverbs

Most popular African proverbs quotes

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.
— African proverb

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A crab does not beget a bird.
— African proverb

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A chattering bird builds no nest.
— African proverb

proverbs gossip

Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
— African proverb

proverbs conflict

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
— African proverb

management adversity proverbs

A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.
— African proverb

know-it-alls proverbs wisdom

It's not what you call me, but what I answer to.
— African proverb

proverbs self-esteem

Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.
— African proverb

age youth proverbs

Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet.
— African proverb

foolishness proverbs

There are 40 kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense.
— African proverb

foolishness wisdom proverbs common sense

He who is carried on another's back does not appreciate how far off the town is.
— African proverb

proverbs laziness

When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
— African proverb

proverbs holding your tongue

When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
— African proverb

war proverbs

A man deeds are his life.
— African proverb

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Aiming isn't hitting.
— African proverb

proverbs achievement

Your food is close to your stomach, but you must put it in your mouth first.
— African proverb

proverbs action

When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter of length.
— African proverb

proverbs action

God gives nothing to those who keep their arms crossed.
— African proverb

atheism proverbs

If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes.
— African proverb

proverbs change

When hunger gets inside you, nothing else can.
— West African saying

proverbs poverty charity

A beggar has no dignity.
— West African saying

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No one tests the depth of the river with both his feet.
— African proverb

common sense proverbs

When two men of equal wisdom play together, discord arises.
— African proverb

proverbs competition

The one in front has reached there, the one behind only hears about it.
— African proverb

competition proverbs

Rivalry is better than envy.
— African proverb

proverbs competition

Evil deeds are like perfume, difficult to hide.
— African proverb

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The greatest liar is the one who talks most of himself.
— African proverb

proverbs vanity

Guile excels strength.
— African proverb

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Lies, though many, will be caught by the truth as soon as she rises up.
— African proverb

proverbs lies

A multitude of words cloaks a lie.
— African proverb

lies proverbs

Truth came to market and could not be sold; we buy lies with ready cash.
— African proverb

lies truth proverbs

One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
— African proverb

lies falsehood proverbs

Better a refusal than deception.
— African proverb

proverbs saying no lying

Bitter truth is better than sweet falsehood.
— African proverb

truth lies proverbs

In extreme cases marijuana can so destroy a man's character that he mixes freely with persons of another race.
— African proverb

proverbs drugs

Conceit wouldn't be so terrible if only the right people had it.
— African proverb

proverbs egotism

For news of the heart, ask the face.
— African proverb

proverbs emotion

An enemy slaughters, a friend distributes.
— African proverb

friendship proverbs enemies

A powerful friend becomes a powerful enemy.
— African proverb

proverbs enemies

An intelligent enemy is better than an ignorant friend.
— African proverb

enemies proverbs friendship

When the cat dies, the mice rejoice.
— African proverb

proverbs enemies

If you are ugly, be winsome.
— African proverb

proverbs beauty

The fool can no more taste the sweetness of wisdom than the man with cold can appreciate the scent of a rose.
— African proverb

Fools proverbs

Everyone loves a fool, but nobody wants him for a son.
— African proverb

Fools proverbs

One does not become great by claiming greatness.
— African proverb

proverbs greatness

He who hates, hates himself.
— African proverb

proverbs hate

Hate has no medicine.
— African proverb

proverbs hate

Thirst cannot be quenched by proxy.
— African proverb

proverbs hunger

The opinion of the intelligent is better than the certainty of the ignorant.
— African proverb

proverbs intelligence

The man who is not Jealous in love does not love.
— African proverb

jealousy proverbs

Not to know is bad but not to wish to know is worse.
— African proverb

proverbs knowledge

The thoughtless strong man is the chief among lazy men.
— African proverb

proverbs leadership

The tyrant is only the slave turned inside out.
— African proverb

tyranny proverbs oppression

Whoever spurns what is short has not trodden on a scorpion.
— African proverb

proverbs potential

Poverty makes a free man become a slave.
— African proverb

proverbs poverty

Borrowing is the first-born of poverty.
— African proverb

poverty proverbs

Poverty is "Who knows you?" Prosperity is "I am your relative."
— African proverb

poverty proverbs

Work is the medicine for poverty.
— African proverb

poverty proverbs

Poverty without debt is real wealth.
— African proverb

proverbs poverty

Going slowly does not stop one from arriving.
— African proverb

priorities proverbs

The white man lives in the castle; when he dies he lives in the ground.
— African proverb

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A heavy burden does not kill on the day it is carried.
— African proverb

responsibility proverbs

Silence is also speech.
— African proverb

proverbs silence

Silence is the door of consent.
— African proverb

silence proverbs

Nothing is achieved in a dream.
— African proverb

action proverbs

Sleep, the near relative of death.
— African proverb

proverbs sleep

He who tells the truth is not we liked.
— African proverb

proverbs truth

His wealth is superior to him.
— African proverb

wealth proverbs

Poverty is "Who knows you?"; Prosperity is "I am your relative."
— African proverb

wealth proverbs

Those who inherit fortunes are often more troublesome than those who make them.
— African proverb

wealth proverbs

Treat the earth well. It was not given to you by your parents. It is lent to you by your children.
— African proverb

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The gums best understand the teeth's affairs.
— African proverb

proverbs cooperation

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
— African proverb

cooperation proverbs

One survives all wounds except those of critics.
— African proverb

critics proverbs

Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.
— African proverb

education proverbs

The stream won't be advised, therefore its course is crooked.
— African proverb

proverbs environment

A knot in the tree spoils the ax; famine spoils friendship.
— African proverb

proverbs friendship

A powerful friend becomes at powerful enemy.
— African proverb

friendship proverbs

News does not have wings, yet it can cross the seven seas.
— African proverb

gossip proverbs

Learn politeness from the impolite.
— African proverb

proverbs manners

He who does not travel will not know the value of men.
— African proverb

proverbs Travel

A war without headquarters is an expedition.
— African proverb

war proverbs

Self-defense is not fear.
— African proverb

war proverbs

War ends nothing.
— African proverb

war proverbs

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.
— African proverb

asking proverbs

In the midst of your illness you will promise a goat, but when you have recovered, a chicken will seem sufficient.
— African proverb

illness proverbs

The cat always catches the impatient mouse.
— African proverb

proverbs impatience

The proverb is the horse of conversation.
— African proverb

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When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled on.

proverbs war

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.

mistakes proverbs