Lifelines: The Black Book of Proverbs

Today’s African Proverb (7.29.14)

The slowest camel in the caravan sets the pace. (- Somalia) 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

A lonely truth can be brought down by a pack of lies. (- Mali) 1 person likes this post. Like Unlike

Only a fool believes everything he is told. (- Ethiopia, Eritrea)     Be the first to like. Like Unlike

The madman who throws a stone into a crowded market forgets that his own mother could be hit by that same madly...

A child that we refuse to build today will end up selling the house that we may build tomorrow. (- South Africa) ...

If you got the butter, spread it. (- Black communities in the United States; shared by Jabari via his “granny” from Marion,...