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689 Proverbs & Adages Quotes
There is no return, worse luck for could I return, I would foresee what has come into the country.
African Proverbs
Return
Luck
Return
Come
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Around a flowering tree there are many insects.
African Proverbs
Tree
There
Many
Are
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He is like a drum which makes a lot of noise but is hollow inside.
African Proverbs
Like
Drum
Noise
Inside
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African Proverbs
Love
Taste
When
Hot
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When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it.
African Proverbs
When
Food
Need
Wait
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Baboons do not go far from the place of their birth.
African Proverbs
Not
From
Place
Birth
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The chameleon looks in all directions before moving
African Proverbs
Look
Before
All
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Little by little the bird builds its nest.
African Proverbs
Little
Bird
Build
Nest
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A brave man dies once, a coward a thousand times.
African Proverbs
Brave
Once
Coward
Man
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Only someone else can scratch your back.
African Proverbs
Only
Someone
Can
Back
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
African Proverbs
Rich
Bad
Food
People
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
African Proverbs
Who
Obey
Command
Refuse
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The chameleon changes color to match the earth, the earth does'nt change colors to match the chameleon.
African Proverbs
Color
Match
Earth
The
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African Proverbs
Arrow
Hard
Has
Then
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Where error gets to, correction cannot reach.
African Proverbs
Error
Reach
Get
Where
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors we borrow it from our children.
African Proverbs
Not
Earth
Borrow
Our
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If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.
African Proverbs
You
Another
Own
Damage
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He who doesn’t clean his mouth before breakfast always complains that the food is sour.
African Proverbs
Sour
Clean
Mouth
Food
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You cannot climb to the mountain top without crushing some weeds with your feet
African Proverbs
Climb
Top
Seed
Some
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Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime.
African Proverbs
Even
Best
Stage
Retire
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African Proverbs
Moon
Full
More
Shine
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Those who are born on top of the anthill take a short time to grow tall.
African Proverbs
Born
Top
Short
Grow
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When a fish rots, the head stinks first
African Proverbs
Fish
Rot
Head
First
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An empty pot makes the loudest noise.
African Proverbs
Pot
Noise
Empty
The
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If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail?
African Proverbs
House
Stop
Nail
Break
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If a stranger comes to stay with you, do not forget when you lay aside his weapons that he is hungry.
African Proverbs
Come
Stay
Lay
Forget
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
African Proverbs
Cook
Fault
Hard
When
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No matter how big a child is, he cannot deny that he was once carried on the back of a woman.
African Proverbs
Matter
Deny
Once
Back
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When the lion cannot find meat, it eats grass.
African Proverbs
When
Lion
Meat
Grass
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When a woman is hungry, she says, Roast something for the children that they might eat.
African Proverbs
When
Hungry
Eat
They
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African Proverbs
One
Seed
Have
Give
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A king’s child is a slave elsewhere.
African Proverbs
King
Child
Slave
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He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
African Proverbs
Who
Love
Vase
Inside
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What is bad luck for one man is good luck for another.
African Proverbs
Bad
Luck
One
Good
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Prepare now for the solutions of tomorrow.
African Proverbs
Now
The
Tomorrow
For
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A bridge is repaired only when someone falls into the water.
African Proverbs
Bridge
Only
When
Water
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What is inflated too much will break into fragments.
African Proverbs
Too
Much
Break
Inflate
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However much it rains on you, no wild banana tree will grow on your head.
African Proverbs
Much
Rain
Tree
Grow
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A snake that you can see does not bite.
African Proverbs
Snake
See
Bite
Can
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One who relates with a corrupt person likewise gets corrupted.
African Proverbs
One
Person
With
Corrupt
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The words of the elders become sweet some day.
African Proverbs
Word
Sweet
Day
Some
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More precious than our children are the children of our children.
African Proverbs
More
Than
Our
Children
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
African Proverbs
Secret
Person
Grain
Hole
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African Proverbs
Bird
Allow
Find
Way
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
African Proverbs
You
Ugly
Must
Learn
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If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.
African Proverbs
Were
Would
Animal
Great
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The brother or sister who does not respect the traditions of the elders will not be allowed to eat with the elders.
African Proverbs
Who
Respect
Elder
Eat
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Live patiently in the world know that those who hate you are more numerous than those who love you.
African Proverbs
World
Know
Hate
Love
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A canoe does not know who the leader is when it turns over, everyone gets wet.
African Proverbs
Does
Know
Turn
Over
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We should put out fire while it is still small.
African Proverbs
Fire
Small
Still
Out
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