Famous Proverbs
2188 Proverbs about Africa / Page 184
1831.
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.1832.
What you learn is what you die with.1833.
What you may call small another will call it big.1834.
Eating what you plant is better than begging for leftovers.1835.
Whatever nourished the goat until it grew a beard will continue to sustain him.1836.
When a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.1837.
When a blind man tells you he is going to throw a stone, know that his foot is on the stone.1838.
When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.1839.
When a chick ignores its mother's warning, the eagle grasps it for a meal.1840.
When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach.