Man counts what he has refused, not what he has given

Quote by African Proverb

Topics: Mankind Quotes

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

When deeds speak, words are nothing.

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called...

Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called...

When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him

When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him

Wisdom does not come overnight

Wisdom does not come overnight

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

If men swear that they want to harm you when you are asleep, you can...

If men swear that they want to harm you when you are asleep, you can...

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight

The world did not make any promises

The world did not make any promises

Sorrow is like a precious treasure, shown only to friends

Sorrow is like a precious treasure, shown only to friends

If everybody in town donates one threat, the poor man has a shirt

If everybody in town donates one threat, the poor man has a shirt

Where I make a living, there is my home

Where I make a living, there is my home

When a poor man goes to the market, often he comes home with only tears

When a poor man goes to the market, often he comes home with only tears

It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on...

It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on...

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers

He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers

He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony

He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony

It's a bad child who does not take advice.

It's a bad child who does not take advice.

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the...

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

(Mankind) is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...

(Mankind) is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good...