He who has a boss is not the master of his burden.
—African Proverb
A close friend can become a close enemy.
—African Proverb
Topics: Enemies
He who spends a night with a chicken will cackle in the morning.
—African Proverb
There is no phrase that doesn’t have a double meaning.
—African Proverb
Topics: Meaning
The stone in the water knows nothing of the hill which lies parched in the sun.
—African Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Water
He who does not know one thing knows another
—African Proverb
Topics: Knowledge
You can’t look into a bottle with both eyes at the same time.
—African Proverb
Topics: Eyes
It is not with saying, “Honey,” “Honey,” that sweetness will come into the mouth.
—African Proverb
A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers.
—African Proverb
Topics: Marriage
Work only tires a woman, but it ruins a man.
—African Proverb
Topics: Work
When the mouse laughs at the cat there is a hole nearby.
—African Proverb
The wise traveler leaves his heart at home.
—African Proverb
Topics: Home
Better to stumble with the toe than with the tongue.
—African Proverb
We start as fools and become wise through experience.
—African Proverb
Topics: Experience
What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another.
—African Proverb
Topics: Luck
Marriage is a snake to slip into your handbag.
—African Proverb
Topics: Marriage
It rained on the mountaintop, but it was the valley below that got flooded.
—African Proverb
Topics: Rain
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
—African Proverb
Topics: Persistence, Adversity, Proverbs, Perseverance
The king inherits a country—the people only hard work.
—African Proverb
Topics: Kings, Inheritance
If there is any profit in partnership, two will share a woman.
—African Proverb
Topics: Profit
The chicken also knows when it’s morning, but still watches the mouth of the cock.
—African Proverb
Topics: Morning
The one who asks questions doesn’t lose his way
—African Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Questions
The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on.
—African Proverb
Topics: Sleeping
Silence is the door of consent.
—African Proverb
Topics: Silence
If the dog is not at home, he barks not.
—African Proverb
Topics: Home
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.
—African Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Regret, like a tail, comes at the end.
—African Proverb
Topics: Regret
The one-eyed man thanks God only when he sees a man blind in both eyes.
—African Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Earth is but a marketplace; heaven is home.
—African Proverb
Topics: Home
If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing.
—African Proverb
Topics: Dance, Music