African proverbs
African Proverbs152 proverbs“Let your love be like the misty rain, coming softly but flooding the river.”
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If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run away.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Nobody is born wise.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Where there is love, there is no darkness.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Love is a painkiller.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A husband with a good wife will never be on the road without supplies.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A fool cannot untie the knot tied by a wise man.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Love for something makes a man blind and deaf.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb When you show the child the moon, it sees only your finger.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb No shortcuts exist to the top of a palm tree.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Lovers do not hide their nakedness.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb The axe forgets but the tree remembers.
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