More Maori proverbs
A white heron flies once.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb My friends, this is the essence of life.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb Leave your praises for someone else.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb The sweet potato does not say how sweet he is.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb A canoe which we are all in with no exception.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb With red and black the work will be complete.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb Marry a man with calloused hands.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb It is the octopus who says sitting is working.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb Don’t die like a octopus, die like a hammerhead shark.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb The leader at the front and the workers behind the scenes.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb When one house dies, a second lives.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb He who stands lives; he who sits perishes.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb For a woman and land, men perish.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb To rest on human support is unreliable, to rest on the earth is sure.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb It would be better to let others praise.
Maori ProverbMaori Proverb
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