When an old man dies, a library is burned with him.

More African Proverbs

• A bird that flies off the Earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.
• A real family eats from the same cornmeal.
• Only a fool tests the depth of a river with no feet.
• When deed speaks, words are nothing.
• Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
• Nobody is born wise.
• If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them?
• Give advice, if people don’t listen let adversity teach them.
• One day in the life of a wise man is worth a fool’s entire life.
• A united family eats from the same plate.
• Just because the lizard nods his head, doesn’t mean he’s in agreement.
• Wisdom does not come overnight.
• A mother cannot give birth to something bigger than herself.
• However far a stream flows, it doesn’t forget its origin.
• The quarrel of lovers is the renewal of love.
• The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.
• Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
• It’s better to fall from a tree and break your back than to fall in love and break your heart.
• Do not call a dog with a whip in your hand.
• When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
• Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
• True love means what’s mine is yours.
• To get lost is to learn the way.
• Do not treat your loved one like a swinging door: you are fond of it but you push it back and forth.
• A happy man marries the girl he loves; a happier man loves the girl he married.
• If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run away.
• Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today.