Great Throughts Treasury

"A letter from the heart can be read on the face. - Kenya Proverb"

"A pretty basket does not prevent worries. ? Congolese Proverb"

"A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character. ? Congolese Proverb"

"A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride."

"A man who dictates separates himself from others. Somalia Proverb"

"A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness."

"A man's wealth may be superior to him. Cameroon Proverb"

"A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning. ? Kenyan proverb"

"A patient man will eat ripe fruit. ? African proverb"

"A patient person never misses a thing. ? Swahili proverb"

"A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful. ? Malagasy Proverb"

"A slave has no choice."

"A real family eats the same cornmeal. ? Bayombe"

"A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood."

"A spider?s cobweb isn?t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap. ? African proverb"

"A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn. ? African proverb"

"A single bracelet does not jingle. ? Congolese proverb"

"A small house will hold a hundred friends. ? African proverb"

"A stranger does not skin a sheep that is paid as a fine at a chief's court. - Cape Coast, Ghana Proverb"

"A stranger has big eyes but sees nothing."

"A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immediately."

"A stream cannot rise about its source."

"A united family eats from the same plate. ? Baganda proverb"

"A wise man who knows proverbs, reconciles difficulties. (Yoruba)"

"A wise person will always find a way. ? Tanzanian proverb"

"A woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty. ? African Proverb"

"A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake."

"All truth is good, but not all truth is good to say."

"A word uttered cannot be taken back."

"A woman?s polite devotion is her greatest beauty. ? African Proverb"

"Advice is a stranger; if he?s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day. ? Malagasy Proverb"

"Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living. ? Ibo proverb"

"An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend. ? Senegalese proverb"

"An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep. ? Ghanaian proverb"

"An orphaned calf licks its own back. ? Kenyan proverb"

"An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb."

"An abundance of food at your neighbor?s will not satisfy your hunger. ? Bayaka Proverb"

"An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor. ? Ganda Proverb"

"Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ? Yoruba Proverb"

"As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it. ? Amharic Proverb"

"Anger and madness are brothers. ? African proverb"

"Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends. ? Gabon proverb"

"At the bottom of patience one finds heaven. ? African proverb"

"Be a mountain or lean on one. ? Somali proverb"

"Be on the alert, like the red ant that moves with its claws wide open. Uganda Proverb"

"Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them."

"As the dog said, 'If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is playing.'"

"Beautiful from behind, ugly in front. ? Uganda Proverb"

"Beautiful words don?t put porridge in the pot. ? Botswana Proverb"

"Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ? yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones. ? Egyptian Proverb"