Bantu Proverbs

Whenever I work hard for other people, I always sleep on an empty stomach. Bantu Proverbs Image

Whenever I work hard for other people, I always sleep on an empty stomach.

The road doesn’t tell the traveler what lies ahead. Bantu Proverbs Image

The road doesn’t tell the traveler what lies ahead.

The bull should be taken by the horns, a man at his word. Bantu Proverbs Image

The bull should be taken by the horns, a man at his word.

A woman’s clothes are the price her husband pays for peace. Bantu Proverbs Image

A woman’s clothes are the price her husband pays for peace.

A thief does not like to be robbed. Bantu Proverbs Image

A thief does not like to be robbed.

Who suffers from diarrhea, is not afraid of the dark. Bantu Proverbs Image

Who suffers from diarrhea, is not afraid of the dark.

Stroke your dog and he will steal eggs. Bantu Proverbs Image

Stroke your dog and he will steal eggs.

It is better to have no law than not enforcing it. Bantu Proverbs Image

It is better to have no law than not enforcing it.

Work is good provided you do not forget to live. Bantu Proverbs Image

Work is good provided you do not forget to live.

The horizon will not disappear as you run towards it. Bantu Proverbs Image

The horizon will not disappear as you run towards it.

The hunter who always comes home with meat is a thief. Bantu Proverbs Image

The hunter who always comes home with meat is a thief.

Only heaven can see the back of a sparrow. Bantu Proverbs Image

Only heaven can see the back of a sparrow.

Visitors’ footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. Bantu Proverbs Image

Visitors’ footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick.

The wise are as rare as eagles that fly high in the sky. Bantu Proverbs Image

The wise are as rare as eagles that fly high in the sky.

The most stupid chicken always challenges the wildcat. Bantu Proverbs Image

The most stupid chicken always challenges the wildcat.

The power of the crocodile is in the water. Bantu Proverbs Image

The power of the crocodile is in the water.

Earth is like a prison: we all go in through the same door Bantu Proverbs Image

Earth is like a prison: we all go in through the same door

No man can paddle two canoes at the same time. Bantu Proverbs Image

No man can paddle two canoes at the same time.

You do not teach a giraffe to run. Bantu Proverbs Image

You do not teach a giraffe to run.

You take a bull by the horns and a man by his words. Bantu Proverbs Image

You take a bull by the horns and a man by his words.

The egg teaches the chicken how to breed. Bantu Proverbs Image

The egg teaches the chicken how to breed.

The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. Bantu Proverbs Image

The eye never forgets what the heart has seen.

Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. Bantu Proverbs Image

Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.

A good deed will make a good neighbor. Bantu Proverbs Image

A good deed will make a good neighbor.

Every beast roars in its own den. Bantu Proverbs Image

Every beast roars in its own den.

A dead man does not know where his grave is. Bantu Proverbs Image

A dead man does not know where his grave is.

The cabin of a loved one is never too far away. Bantu Proverbs Image

The cabin of a loved one is never too far away.

A kingdom’s strength is in mutual honor. Bantu Proverbs Image

A kingdom’s strength is in mutual honor.

Dance, father, people’s eyes don’t eat, they just stare. Bantu Proverbs Image

Dance, father, people’s eyes don’t eat, they just stare.

Days cannot be tied in a bundle. Bantu Proverbs Image

Days cannot be tied in a bundle.

Days are many, what is one is life. Bantu Proverbs Image

Days are many, what is one is life.

Cut of the sick part while it is still small. Bantu Proverbs Image

Cut of the sick part while it is still small.

Mr. Not-present was the brave man. Bantu Proverbs Image

Mr. Not-present was the brave man.

One mouth doesn’t taste the beer. Bantu Proverbs Image

One mouth doesn’t taste the beer.

The owner of the skin is the one to tan it. Bantu Proverbs Image

The owner of the skin is the one to tan it.

The tortoise stores its wisdom in his shell. Bantu Proverbs Image

The tortoise stores its wisdom in his shell.

There are forty kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense. Bantu Proverbs Image

There are forty kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense.

Words in conversation are like beans, one breaks them off where they are ripe. Bantu Proverbs Image

Words in conversation are like beans, one breaks them off where they are ripe.

Young man, countries practice witchcraft on one another. Bantu Proverbs Image

Young man, countries practice witchcraft on one another.

We celebrated at the wax door, and all the time the honeycomb was empty within. Bantu Proverbs Image

We celebrated at the wax door, and all the time the honeycomb was empty within.

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