Silence is talk too.
—African Proverb
The heart is like a goat that has to be tied up.
—African Proverb
Topics: Heart
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
—African Proverb
Topics: Lies
Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
—African Proverb
I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink her milk.
—African Proverb
Topics: Heaven
He who has an egg in his pocket does not dance.
—African Proverb
Topics: Dance
Those who live together cannot hide their behinds from each other.
—African Proverb
Topics: Togetherness
Ashes fly back in the face of him that throws them.
—African Proverb
To deny God’s existence is like jumping with your eyes closed.
—African Proverb
Topics: Eyes
Although the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky.
—African Proverb
Topics: Home
Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.
—African Proverb
Topics: Knowledge
When deeds speak, words are nothing.
—African Proverb
Topics: Action, Words
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
—African Proverb
Topics: Adversity, Proverbs, Perseverance, Persistence
Haste has no blessing.
—African Proverb
Topics: Blessings
The teeth are smiling, but is the heart?
—African Proverb
Topics: Heart
If you destroy a bridge be sure you can swim.
—African Proverb
One rooster can’t help another scratch the same piece of ground.
—African Proverb
Topics: Help
Heaven and earth shall never meet.
—African Proverb
Topics: Heaven
One cannot part two fighting bulls.
—African Proverb
Topics: Fighting
If there is any profit in partnership, two will share a woman.
—African Proverb
Topics: Profit
He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers.
—African Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Questions
Marriage is like a groundnut: you have to crack them to see what is inside.
—African Proverb
Topics: Marriage
If you are in hiding, don’t light a fire.
—African Proverb
Looking at a king’s mouth one would never think he sucked his mother’s breast.
—African Proverb
Topics: Kings
The path is made by walking.
—African Proverb
Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.
—African Proverb
Topics: Acceptance
A well educated man always has a kind word to say about the place where he spends the night.
—African Proverb
Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.
—African Proverb
Topics: Proverbs
If the dog is not at home, he barks not.
—African Proverb
Topics: Home
Money is like a guest: it comes today, leaves tomorrow.
—African Proverb
Topics: Tomorrow
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