He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.

More African Proverbs

• Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.
• One who loves the vase, loves also what is inside.
• The mother hen does not break its own eggs.
• One who plants grapes by the roadside, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
• A husband with a good wife will never be on the road without supplies.
• Home affairs are not talked about on the public square.
• It is better to live as a lion for one day rather than years as a sheep.
• One who marries for love alone will have bad days but good nights.
• No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death.
• Don’t set sail on someone else’s star.
• A wise man fills his head before emptying his mouth.
• When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets hurt.
• If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.
• Love is a painkiller.
• Even the maid has a family.
• If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
• He who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself.
• If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.
• Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
• Examine what is said, not who is speaking.
• The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
• Restless feet might walk you into a snake pit.
• Love doesn’t listen to rumors.
• If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
• Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
• If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy.
• He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.