African Proverbs - page 6

At that particular time a mad person gives you something take it immediately before he changes is mind. (African Proverb)
Moving water makes stagnant water move. View proverb
African Proverb
A woman is never old when it comes to the dance she knows. View proverb
African Proverb
If you dig a hole to bury a person but instead of burying that person you may be the one to be buried in this place. View proverb
African Proverb
He who sacks his wife because she eats a lot will end up marrying a cannibal. View proverb
African Proverb
The wise create proverbs for fools to learn not to repeat. View proverb
African Proverb
A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm. View proverb
African Proverb
A cowardly hyena lives longer. View proverb
African Proverb
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not. View proverb
African Proverb
A day of hunger is not starvation. View proverb
African Proverb
A grasshopper that sleeps about will be soon awake in a lizard's mouth. (African Proverb)
A mad dog bites anything except itself. View proverb
African Proverb
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness. View proverb
African Proverb
A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. View proverb
African Proverb
A stream cannot rise above its source. View proverb
African Proverb
An elephant never gets tired of supporting its tusks. View proverb
African Proverb
Between two friends even water drunk together is sweet enough. View proverb
African Proverb
By coming and going, a bird constructs its nest. View proverb
African Proverb
By his deeds we know a man. View proverb
African Proverb
Despite the beauty of the moon, sun and stars, the sky also has a threatening thunder and striking lightening. View proverb
African Proverb
Don't set sail on someone else's star. (African Proverb)
Even without drumbeats, the banana leaves dance. View proverb
African Proverb
Every head must do its own thinking. View proverb
African Proverb
Every misfortune is a blessing. View proverb
African Proverb
He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself. View proverb
African Proverb