Bored of Proverbs

A barber does not shave himself.
Source: (African)
A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.
Source: (African)
A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.
Source: (African)
A comb becomes bad when it hurts you.
Source: (African)
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
Source: (African)
A fool looks for dung where the cow never browsed.
Source: (African)
A fool may chance to put something into a wise man's head.
Source: (African)
A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.
Source: (African)
A stranger has big eyes but sees nothing.
Source: (African)
A stream cannot rise about its source.
Source: (African)
A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake.
Source: (African)
Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
Source: (African)
Before shooting, one must aim.
Source: (African)
Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
Source: (African)
Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
Source: (African)
Don't set sail on someone else's star.
Source: (African)
For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
Source: (African)
He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
Source: (African)
He who is born a fool is never cured.
Source: (African)
He who learns, teaches.
Source: (African)
He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense.
Source: (African)
If a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.
Source: (African)
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
Source: (African)
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.
Source: (African)
If you don't work you shan't eat.
Source: (African)
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
Source: (African)
If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
Source: (African)
If you're going home, you don't get wet.
Source: (African)
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
Source: (African)
If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips.
Source: (African)
It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.
Source: (African)
It is not with saying, "Honey," "Honey," that sweetness will come into the mouth.
Source: (African)
It is not work that kills, but worry.
Source: (African)
It's a bad child who does not take advice.
Source: (African)
One must talk little and listen much.
Source: (African)
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
Source: (African)
Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die.
Source: (African)
Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
Source: (African)
Seeing is better than hearing.
Source: (African)
Seeing is different than being told.
Source: (African)
Send a boy where he wants to go and you see his best pace.
Source: (African)
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Source: (African)
The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery.
Source: (African)
The egg shows the hen where to hatch.
Source: (African)
The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief.
Source: (African)
The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
Source: (African)
The fool sucks wisdom, as he porter sups, And cobblers grow fine speakers in their cups.
Source: (African)
The lion does not turn around when a small dog barks.
Source: (African)
To try and to fail is not laziness.
Source: (African)
Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
Source: (African)

Posted By: EtuWHO on July 2nd 2009 at 11:58:54

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