167 ordspråk av African Proverb
African Proverb
 The teeth of a man serve as a fence. - Wolof proverb, Senegal |
| The world did not make any promises |
| The young can't teach traditions to the old. - Yoruba proverb |
| There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth |
| There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority and control ð your mind and your mouth |
| There is no medicine against old age. - Accra proverb, Ghana |
| There is no medicine to cure hatred |
| There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast. Ethiopia |
| There is no phrase without a double meaning |
| Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant |
| Though the lion and the antelope happen to live in the same forest, the antelope still has time to grow up. - Cape Coast, Ghana |
| To be happy in one's home is better than to be a chief. Yoruba, Nigeria |
| To be praised is to be lost. - Kikuyu, Kenya |
| To try and to fail, is not laziness |
| Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
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Toplists (6 st)
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