More African proverbs
The axe forgets but the tree remembers.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A happy man marries the girl he loves; a happier man loves the girl he married.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A fool has to say something. A wise person has something to say.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Love doesn’t listen to rumors.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb One who plants grapes by the roadside, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb To try and to fail is not laziness.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb He who refuses to obey cannot command.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Other people’s wisdom prevents the king from being called a fool.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb Don’t try to make someone hate the person he loves. For he will go on loving but he will hate you.
African ProverbAfrican Proverb A child is what you put into him.
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