Rwandan Proverbs

Rwandan proverbs distill wisdom from the Land of a Thousand Hills. Echoing cattle pride, clan ties, and the hard lessons of rebuilding after 1994, they praise unity, quiet strength, and careful speech.

You can take a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (Rwandan Proverb)
You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
A girl only gets pregnant once. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
Every cackling hen was an egg at first. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
The most extensive land is the human belly. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
The rich man never dances badly. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
When the leopard is away, his cubs are eaten. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
When your beard appears, childhood disappears. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
Rain falls on everyone, but one person gets wetter than the rest. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
Real fraternity is not about blood, it is about sharing. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
A stone that is visible cannot destroy a hoe. (Rwandan Proverb)
If you shake a dog, you shake his owner. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
Only God generates, man only educates. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
Nobody hates himself more than he who hates others. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
The guest is always the prisoner of the host. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins his case. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail? View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
Help from abroad always comes when the rain has stopped. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
He who has travelled alone can tell what he likes. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
You set the trap when the rat has gone. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. (Rwandan Proverb)
When the child falls the mother weeps; when the mother falls the child laughs. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
What itches in the daughter's skirt, itches also in her mother's. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
Pregnancy and fire cannot be kept secret. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
In a fiddler's house, all are dancers. View proverb
Rwandan Proverb
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