More African proverbs
Examine what is said, not who is speaking.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Don’t set sail on someone else’s star.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb If you educate a man, you educate one person. If you educate a woman, you educate a whole family.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb To love someone who doesn’t love you is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Children are the reward of life.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb The wise man never takes a step too long for his leg.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Even as the archer loves the arrow that flies, so too he loves the bow that remains constant in his hands.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A child does not laugh at the ugliness of his mother.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb When you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes but the monkey remains.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Just because the lizard nods his head, doesn’t mean he’s in agreement.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A bird that flies off the Earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Love, like rain, does not choose the grass on which it falls.
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