He who refuses to obey cannot command.

More African Proverbs

• When you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes but the monkey remains.
• It is better to be loved than to be feared.
• Truth should be in love and love in truth.
• In a family if you have somebody who is troublesome it’s the family members who are more worried than the troublesome member.
• The axe forgets but the tree remembers.
• Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
• Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
• The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
• One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
• When an old man dies, a library is burned with him.
• A child does not laugh at the ugliness of his mother.
• No person is born great. Great people become great when others are sleeping.
• Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
• A child is what you put into him.
• The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
• In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges, and the foolish build dams.
• By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
• If the full moon loves you, why worry about the stars?
• Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it.
• He who loves, loves you with your dirt.
• Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands.
• It is difficult for two long-nosed lovers to kiss.
• One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom.
• Don’t try to make someone hate the person he loves. For he will go on loving but he will hate you.
• Lovers do not hide their nakedness.
• The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.
• Wisdom is wealth.