Ghanaian Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
22 Ghanaian Proverbs
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“A crab does not beget a bird.”
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“A cracked bell can never sound well.”
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“By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have
dispersed.”
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“Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.”
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“Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together.”
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“Hate has no medicine.”
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“Hunger is felt by a slave and hunger is felt by a king.”
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“If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a
great animal.”
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“If things are getting easier, maybe you're headed downhill.”
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“It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.”
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“It is the fool's sheep that break loose twice.”
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“No one tests the depth of the river with both feet.”
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“One camel does not make fun of another camel's hump.”
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“One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.”
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“Only when you have crossed the river can you say the crocodile
has a lump on his snout.”
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“Rain wets a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots.”
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“The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.”
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“Two small antelopes can beat a big one.”
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“When a man is coming toward you, you need not say, "Come here."”
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“When a man is wealthy he may wear an old cloth.”
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“When a man's coat is threadbare, it is easy to pick a hole in it.”
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“When the cock is drunk, he forgets about the hawk.”
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