When a man is stung by a bee, he doesn't set off to destroy all
beehives." - Kenya
"The man who marries a beautiful woman and the farmer who grows corn by
the roadside have the same problem." - Ethiopia
"A short man is not a boy." – Nigeria
“A chief’s son is just commoner in other lands” Zimbabwe
"No matter how hot your anger is, it cannot cook yams." - Nigeria.
"It requires a lot of carefulness to kill the fly that perches on the
scrotum." - Ghana
"If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how
to expel it." - Seychelles
"The frown on the face of the goat will not stop it from being taken to
the market." - Nigeria
"An old lady feels uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb." -
Ghana
"The same sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay." - Niger
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." -
Uganda
"A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not its father's
testicles." - Guinea
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
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Great proverbs! I particularly like,"The same sun that melts the wax, hardens the clay."
ReplyDeleteI also have on my blog proverbs from Africa as well as all over the African diaspora. Our proverbs are so very powerful.
Yvonne
http://lifelinesproverbsliving.blogspot.com