Cameroonian Proverbs

There is no doctor on the day you die. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

There is no doctor on the day you die.

One father can feed seven children, but seven children cannot feed one father. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

One father can feed seven children, but seven children cannot feed one father.

You cannot produce one human being without uniting two bodies. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

You cannot produce one human being without uniting two bodies.

Singing birds don’t build nests. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Singing birds don’t build nests.

The darkness of night cannot stop the light of morning. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

The darkness of night cannot stop the light of morning.

The day did not know that night had fallen. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

The day did not know that night had fallen.

The fire cannot be put out with your hands. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

The fire cannot be put out with your hands.

The folly of a man is not broadcast like that of a woman. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

The folly of a man is not broadcast like that of a woman.

Beauty is an empty calabash. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Beauty is an empty calabash.

However little you think of the elephant, you can’t say it won’t fill a pot. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

However little you think of the elephant, you can’t say it won’t fill a pot.

When the poor man sets a trap only his dog gets caught. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

When the poor man sets a trap only his dog gets caught.

Water always finds a way out. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Water always finds a way out.

What you don’t know, you will not recognize. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

What you don’t know, you will not recognize.

Thought is free. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Thought is free.

Better little than too little. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Better little than too little.

No matter how fast a man is, he cannot outrun his shadow. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

No matter how fast a man is, he cannot outrun his shadow.

You come with a cat and call it a rabbit. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

You come with a cat and call it a rabbit.

The elephant will reach to the roof of the house. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

The elephant will reach to the roof of the house.

Lying can get you a wife, but it won’t keep her. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Lying can get you a wife, but it won’t keep her.

Lying will get you a wife, but it won’t keep her. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Lying will get you a wife, but it won’t keep her.

A friend is worth more than a brother. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

A friend is worth more than a brother.

A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year.

A building of sand falls as you build it. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

A building of sand falls as you build it.

A bird that allows itself to be caught will find a way of escaping. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

A bird that allows itself to be caught will find a way of escaping.

Better a mistake at the beginning than at the end. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Better a mistake at the beginning than at the end.

It is better to be the victim of injustice than to be unjust yourself. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

It is better to be the victim of injustice than to be unjust yourself.

By trying repeatedly, the monkey learns how to jump from the tree. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

By trying repeatedly, the monkey learns how to jump from the tree.

Do not step on the dog’s tail, and he will not bite you. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Do not step on the dog’s tail, and he will not bite you.

Every smart man is an ignoramus who abuses his ignorance. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

Every smart man is an ignoramus who abuses his ignorance.

It is the pot that boils but the dish that gets the credit. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

It is the pot that boils but the dish that gets the credit.

If everyone is going to dance, who, then, would watch? Cameroonian Proverbs Image

If everyone is going to dance, who, then, would watch?

However swift a man, he will not outstrip his shadow. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

However swift a man, he will not outstrip his shadow.

If the fight is tomorrow, then why should you clench your fist today? Cameroonian Proverbs Image

If the fight is tomorrow, then why should you clench your fist today?

If the panther knew how much he is feared, he would do much more harm. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

If the panther knew how much he is feared, he would do much more harm.

If you ask questions, you cannot avoid answers. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

If you ask questions, you cannot avoid answers.

If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy.

She is like a road — pretty, but crooked. Cameroonian Proverbs Image

She is like a road — pretty, but crooked.

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