Proverbs
Proverbs
A proverb is a simple and concrete statement popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience...
kenya produced proverbs smoke suffer
You suffer from smoke produced by the firewood you fetched yourself. Luhya, Kenya
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One may go a long way after one is tired.
proverb proverbs teach traditions
The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb
soldier
The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces
persuasion proverbs rudder ruled
He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock.
cape fine ghana paid proverbs sheep skin stranger
A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana
income practice proverbs secure
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
man proverbs wise
A man is as wise as his head, not his years.
jump knows proverbs risk six stream ten wide
Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know how wide it is, he'll jump and six times out of ten he'll make it.
examine
Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
attain depends greatest himself
He who depends on himself will attain the greatest happiness.
bound proverbs
If one is roasting two potatoes, one of them is bound to get charred. - Kikuyu, Kenya.
beginning call names wisdom
The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names
busiest procrastination proverbs
Manana is often the busiest day of the week.