30 Most Famous African Proverbs

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30 Most Famous African Proverbs
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
If you think you’re too small to make a difference, try spending the night with a mosquito
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
When the roots are deep, there is no reason to fear the wind
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
It is better to live as a lion for one day rather than 100 years as a sheep
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
God has created lands with lakes and rivers for man to live. And the desert so that he can find his soul
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
The strength of the crocodile is in the water – people can be very strong in their right environment
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
Examine what is said, not who is speaking
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
A bird that flies off the Earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
Knowledge is a garden. If it isn’t cultivated, you can’t harvest it
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
If you want to know the end, look at the beginning
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
Trouble does not discriminate. It comes to everyone at some point
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
ot everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it, chased it
30 Most Famous African Proverbs
Once you carry your own water, you’ll remember every drop
17. To try and fail is not laziness
To try and fail is not laziness
18. When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
19. A person with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace
A person with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace
20. The eye never forgets what the heart has seen
The eye never forgets what the heart has seen
21. Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty
Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty
22. A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness
A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness
23. If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys
If money were to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys
24. He who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself
He who digs a grave for his enemy might as well be digging one for himself
26. No medicine exists that can cure hatred
No medicine exists that can cure hatred
27. If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do no harm
If there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do no harm
28. A home without a woman is like a barn without cattle
A home without a woman is like a barn without cattle
29. A husband with a good wife will never be on the road without supplies
A husband with a good wife will never be on the road without supplies
30. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together
31. Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm
Don’t think there are no crocodiles just because the water is calm
32. If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom
If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom
33. If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run away
If you heal the leg of a person, do not be surprised if they use it to run away
34. Give advice, if people don’t listen let adversity teach them
Give advice, if people don’t listen let adversity teach them
35. To get lost is to learn the way
To get lost is to learn the way
When an old man dies, a library is burned with him
When an old man dies, a library is burned with him

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