Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
change proverbs
To change and change for the better are two different things
cape ghana heavy orphan proverbs rejoice
The orphan does not rejoice after a heavy breakfast. - Cape Coast, Ghana
kenya praised proverbs
To be praised is to be lost. - Kikuyu, Kenya
belief believe impossible proverbs
To believe a thing is impossible is to make it so.
among cow feeds nose peace proverbs shows sitting
You are sitting in peace (unharmed): as the nose of a cow that feeds among thorntrees and shows no scars. Luganda, Uganda
cry
We come and cry and that is life, we cry and go and that is death.
borrow marriage marry proverbs
Never marry for money. Ye'll borrow it cheaper.
ends love proverbs
Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking.
man proverbs wise
For every wise man there is one still wiser.
follow proverbs running
Do not follow a person who is running a way. - Kalenjin (Kenya)
carrying man proverbs
Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leone
beard fine goats mistake proverbs
Do not mistake a goats beard for a fine stallions tail.
hope past regret
Do not anxiously hope for that which is not yet come; do not vainly regret what is already past
chickens count proverbs
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.