African American Proverbs

Don't look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Liberia


                            

How can one not speak about war, poverty, and inequality when people who suffer from these afflictions don't have a voice to speak?

Isabel Allende


                            

He who does not know one thing knows another.

Kenyan


                            

Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.

Kikuyu of Kenya


                            

You can't carry two faces under one hat.

Jamaica


                            

Tell me whom you love, and I'll tell you who you are.

African American


                            

No one is without knowledge except him who asks no questions.

Central Africa


                            

One who damages the character of another damages his own.

Yoruba of Nigeria


                            

An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.

Senegal


                            

A man who dictates separates himself from others.

Somalia


                            

That which is good is never finished.

Sukuma, Tanzania


                            

Even a friend can not rescue one from old age.

Kalenjin (Kenya)


                            

Do more, talk less.

Jamaica


                            

The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.

West Africa


                            

No one is without knowledge except him who asks no questions.

Central Africa (Fulfulde)


                            





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