– African proverb, A quarrelsome chief does not hold a village together.
– Advertisment – Meaning: ‘Udala’ seed is an apple seed. Set not your loaf in till the oven is hot - EM. – Maasai Proverb, The fire screened by the elders does not burn. – African proverb – Nigerian proverb, When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot. ~ Swahili proverb Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. – African proverb, A beggar won’t mind being insulted. SAM 4.22. – African proverb, What you learn is what you die with. – Baguirmi Proverb, You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty. AL 205. – Hausa proverb, He whom a serpent has bitten dreads a slow-worm. – African proverb, The poorest man in this world is not the one without money but the one without people. – Maasai Proverb, You cannot name a child that is not born.
– Tonga proverb, The owl is the wisest of all bird because the more it sees, the less it talks. – Wolof proverb, It is crooked wood that shows the best sculptor. Nimekula asali udogoni, utamu ungali gegoni. – Ugandan proverb, Never let hyena know how well you can bite. – Zambian Proverb, Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart. The example I was given is as follows: Once a girl has taken 'the plunge' and given herself to a man other than her husband, she will inevitably slide further down and end 'in the gutter' - SPK. Hakuna subira mbaya. – Yoruba, Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden. Place the pot on the stones after you've lit the fire. Kiswahili is pronounced exactly as it’s written, with the stress nearly always on the penultimate syllable. – Hausa proverb, A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.
– African Proverb, It is difficult to throw a stone at a lizard which is clinging to a pot. It is a widely used proverb depicting bad luck. A man who sees a hen scattering excrement should stop it. – African Proverb, Children are the reward of life. – Botswana proverb, Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
The race is not [always] to the swift. JKP. Mwenda taratibu hataki tabibu. A chick that will grow into a rooster can be spotted the very day it hatches.
Matters work out better for a person who has patience. 2753.
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth. – Bemba proverb, One who relates with a corrupt person likewise gets corrupted. Climbing in haste, coming down in haste. Meaning: What goes around, comes around so whatever you sow, you shall reap. ~ Bantu Proverb.
Meaning: You cannot achieve or gain anything by mere sitting around and just talking about it. – African Proverb, Female quarrels breed court cases.
Meaning: This proverb is used when a person grieves in vain for something. – Ethiopian proverb, The hen pecks and wipes its beak.
– Sierra Leonean Proverb, Do not throw away an empty net, for you do not know what God will do next. You overcame the rain, but what about the dew? Uvumilivu ndiyo mwanzo wa kushinda. 2807. – African Proverb, If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
Time goes ever more rapidly - SPK. – Ashanti proverb, No one tests the depth of a river with both feet. – Bantu & Lamba Proverb, When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat. Kobe hatavunjika mguu akitembea. Running in not [necessarily] arriving. Meaning: You should never start a battle if you are either not ready for or old enough to become a winner. KA. – Cameroonian Proverb, A market is not held for the sake of one person. Pole pole ni [ndio] mwendo. 2746. – African Proverb, He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it. SPK. 2767. Cf.
A tortoise will not break a leg in walking. Cf. – African proverb REK.
Mambo yamwistawia mwenye saburi.