28 Famous Maori Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Maori Proverbs

11. Land is permanent, man disappears.
12. Let someone else acknowledge your virtues.
13. Like the migrating Maruiwi, who all disappeared into the world of spirits Dead like the moa.
14. Many make the descent to eternal darkness but few ascend to heaven.
15. Many stars cannot be concealed by a small cloud.
16. My totara sapling so suddenly broken off.
17. Only the foolish visit the land of the cannibals.
18. Persist as resolutely as you persist in eating.
19. The block of wood should not dictate to the carver.
20. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.