Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
proverbs superior wealth
A man's wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon
proverb proverbs teach traditions
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
dispute proverbs round table
At a round table there is no dispute about place.
cape fine ghana paid proverbs sheep skin stranger
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
addition great proverbs
A buckle is a great addition to an old shoe.
best boys friend mother proverbs stronger
A boys best friend is his mother and there's no spancel stronger than her apron string.
bends branch gives takes
A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it
defends steal thorn
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.
cannot proverbs smell
A hyena cannot smell its own stench. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
heads mob proverbs
The mob has many heads but no brains.
miser proverbs spend
The miser and the open-handed spend the same in the long run.
kenya produced proverbs smoke suffer
You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya
children comfort parting sorrow
There is not so much comfort in having children as there is sorrow in parting with them.
good landing walk
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.