Proverbs
Proverbs
By Expotera
March 21, 2017
The man who speaks the truth is always at ease. — Persian Proverb
He who runs after fortune runs away from peace. — African Proverb
He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony. — Masai proverb
He who wants a rose must respect the thorns. — Persian Proverb
We learn little from victory, much from defeat. — Japanese Proverb
Anger has no eyes. — Chinese Proverb
He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself. — African Proverb
Anger and madness are brothers. — African Proverb
Teeth do not see poverty. — Masai Proverb
Even the best cooking pot will not produce food. — African Proverb
You can say anything to a man with a full stomach. — Jamaican Proverb
A beggar on his feet is better than an emperor in his grave. — French Proverb
Better bread with water than cake with trouble. — Russian Proverb
Better little than too little. — Cameroonian Proverb
Bad is never good until worse happens. — Danish Proverb
At the end of the game the king and the pond go back into the same box. — Italian Proverb
The night has ears. — Masai Proverb
Even a small star shines in the darkness. — Danish Proverb
However long the night the dawn will break. — African Proverb
This too shall pass. — Persian Proverb
It is crooked wood that shows the best sculptor. — African Proverb
If your only tool is a hammer, you will see every problem as a nail. — Gambian Proverb
You cannot build a house for last year’s summer. — Ethiopian Proverb
He who burns down his house knows why ashes cost a fortune. — African Proverb
Do a good deed and throw it into the sea. — Egyptian Proverb
Slander by the stream will be heard by the frogs. — Mozambican Proverb
A flea can trouble a lion more than a lion can trouble a flea. — Kenyan proverb
Even the lion, the king of the forest, protects himself against flies. — Ghanaian Proverb
The young bird does not crow until it hears the old ones. — Tswana Proverb
A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. — Igbo Proverb
Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs. — African Proverb
If you pick up one end of the stick you also pick up the other. — Ethiopian Proverb
One who bathes willingly with cold water doesn’t feel the cold. — Fipa Proverb
You cannot awake a person who is pretending to be alseep. — Navajo Proverb
The tree often hides the forest. — French Proverb
When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches. — Nigerian Proverb
If you cut your chains you free yourself, if you cut your roots you die. — African Proverb
No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death. — African Proverb
Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth. — Yoruba proverb
The death of an elderly man is like a burning library. — Ivorian Proverb
The worlds of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open. — Zambian proverb
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. — Ewe Proverb
You cannot name a child that is not born. — African Proverb
The child you sired hasn’t sired you. — Somali Proverb
An orphaned calf licks its own back. — Kenyan Proverb
A beautiful thing is never perfect. — Egyptian Proverb
A child is a child of everyone. — Sudanese Proverb
When you show the moon to a child, it sees only your finger. — Zambian Proverb
Be a mountain or lean on one. — Somali Proverb
We desire to bequeath two things to our children; the first one is roots, the other one is wings. — Sudanese Proverb
When the grandmother's speak the earth will be healed. — Hopi Proverb
Source: http://expotera-ceo.blogspot.com/2017/03/proverbs.html
