Proverbs and old sayings, page 914

43575 proverbs and old sayings

It is strange! The ox eats hay and the dog eats bread, while the donkey carries wine but drinks water.

Proverbs and old sayings about wine, water

Before healing others, heal yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings

However black a cow is, the milk is always white.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

Giant silk cotton trees grow out of very tiny seeds.

Proverbs and old sayings

If a child's hands are clean, he can eat with elders.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

An adult squatting sees farther than a child on top of tree.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

If a donkey kicks you and you kick back, you are both donkeys.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

A fly that has no one to advice it, follows the corpse into the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings about advice

No matter how long a log may float in the water, it will never become a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

What ripens quickly, rots quickly.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

If you laugh at the bowl, you laugh at the potter.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about contentment

One who says 'it was too much for me' does not try.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan

The grass torch that burns a bad house, also burns a good one.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about home, house, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

What is decided by legitimate authority is not resented by the subjects.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about authority

The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about people

One who explains things to an intelligent person need not tire herself out talking.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about talking, need, people, things

Parents give birth to the body of their children, but not always to their characters.

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about parents, body, children

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

Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan about children, contentment

Light is half a companion.

Proverbs and old sayings about light

It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets.

Proverbs and old sayings