31 Famous African American Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / African American Proverbs

11. In the South they don't care how close you get, as long as you don't get too high. In the North, they don't care how high you get, as long as you don't get too close.
12. It takes a heap of licks to drive a nail in the dark.
13. It takes a heap of licks to strike a nail in the dark.
14. Jaybird don't rob his own nest.
15. Mothers raise their daughters and let their sons grow up.
16. Nothing can suffice a person except that which they have not.
17. Occasionally a man with a right smart education can't find his knife when it gets in the wrong pocket.
18. Old Satan couldn't get along without plenty of help.
19. Old used-to-do-it-this-way don't help none today.
20. Romance/ without finance/ don't stand a chance.