More African Proverbs
- The wise man never takes a step too long for his leg.
- When one is in love, a mountain top becomes a flat field.
- Seeing is different than being told.
- Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
- Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.
- A fish and bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together.
- Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm.
- A small house will hold a hundred friends.
- Even the lion protects himself against flies.
- If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.
- If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
- Once you carry your own water, you’ll remember every drop.
- Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.
- The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
- A man’s ruin lies in his tongue.
- If anyone makes you laugh, it is not always because they love you.
- A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place.
- However long the night, the dawn will break.
- Children are the reward of life.
- If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do no harm.
- A woman is a flower in a garden; her husband is the fence around it.
- Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool.
- When you show the child the moon, it sees only your finger.
- There is no fool who is disowned by his family.
- African Proverbs About Love
- Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
- When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow.