African proverbs
African Proverbs152 proverbs“A wise man fills his head before emptying his mouth.”
More African proverbs
No person is born great. Great people become great when others are sleeping.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb It is better to be loved than to be feared.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb True love means what’s mine is yours.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Wisdom does not come overnight.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A real family eats from the same cornmeal.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Your body is a temple of knowledge.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb 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.
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Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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