Famous Proverbs
2188 Proverbs about Africa / Page 155
1541.
That what comes to stay has come it cannot return.1542.
That which got bent while growing when you straighten it, it breaks.1543.
That which is about to die doesn't hear the drum beating.1544.
That you don't give birth too, you let him or her carry a stone on the head.1545.
That you eat in the morning passes you through the day.1546.
The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever.1547.
The animal hide can best be straightened and smoothened when still fresh.1548.
The animal that escapes the hunter's spear is only allowed to go.1549.
The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.1550.
The antics of a market buffoon provide laughter, but nobody prays that his child becomes the market buffoon.