African Love and Marriage Quotes

He who loves the vase loves also what is inside. ~ African proverb
It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love. ~ African proverb
Coffee and love taste best when hot. ~ Ethiopian proverb
Where there is love there is no darkness. ~Burundian proverb
If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love. ~ Zimbabwean Proverp
Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you. ~ African proverb
To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better. ~ Wolof proverb
A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries. ~ African proverb
If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is. ~ Egyptian proverb
Love never gets lost it’s only kept. ~ African proverb
Never marry a woman who has bigger feet than you. ~ Mozambique proverb
One thread for the needle, one love for the heart. ~ Sudanese proverb
Love has to be shown by deeds not words. ~ Swahili proverb
Love is a despot who spares no one. ~Namibian proverb
Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside. ~ Ghanaian proverb

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African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty

Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa He who loves money must labor. ~ Mauritania By labor comes wealth. ~ Yoruba Poverty is slavery. ~Somalia One cannot both feast and become rich. ~ Ashanti One cannot count on riches. ~ Somalia Money is sharper than the sword. – Ashanti A man’s wealth may be superior to him. ~ Cameroon The rich are always complaining. ~ Zulu The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth. ~ Yoruba The poor man and the rich man do not play together. ~ Ashanti Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you. ~ Yoruba With wealth one wins a woman. ~ Uganda Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat. ~ Akan A real family eats the same cornmeal. ~ Bayombe If your cornfield is far from your house, ...

GBUDUGBUDU AND SURUGEDE PROVERBS

1. There is no pond which the sun cannot dry up (Kenya) 2. "Though I am not edible," says the vulture, "yet I nurse my eggs in the branches of a high tree because man is hard to be trusted" (Ghana) 3. To avoid fraud (or since God does not like wickedness), God gave every creature a name (Ghana) 4. To borrow is to spoil friendship (East Africa) 5. To eat much leaves you with a swollen belly (Kenya) 6. To stir (the water in) the pond brings up the mud (S. Africa-Azania) 7. Two friends share the white ant (Uganda) 8. Two male hippos do not stay in the same pond (S. Africa-Azania) 9. We are born from the womb of our mother; we are buried in the womb of the earth (Ethiopia) 10. We do not see God, we only see His works (Ethiopi 11. Wealth is dew (S. Africa-Azania) 12. What God puts in store for someone (or preserves for the poor) never goes rotten (East Africa) 13. When a sweet potato has been thrown into the ash-heap it becomes uneatable (S. Afri...

African Proverbs on Friendship

To be without a friend is to be poor indeed. ~ Tanzanian proverb Hold a true friend with both hands. ~ African proverb The friends of our friends are our friends. ~ Congolese proverb A friend is someone you share the path with. ~ African proverb Show me your friend and I will show you your character. ~ African proverb Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you. ~ African proverb Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough. ~ African proverb A small house will hold a hundred friends. ~ African proverb A close friend can become a close enemy.~ African proverb Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends. ~ Gabon proverb

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