Sudanese Proverbs
Sayings of Sudanese origin Enter houses through their doors. When you live with Arabs, either do as they do or move away. Love for something makes a man blind and deaf. When Allah made Sudan, he laughed. Punish him if he lies and teach him good manners. He who taught me one letter, I became his slave. Hot water is not a playground for frogs. If telling the truth does not save you, lying will not. Not all the trees in the forest make good firewood. It is not difficult to give birth to a baby, but it is difficult to raise him. His flesh is for you and his bones are for us. When the monkey can't reach the ripe banana with his hand, he says it is not sweet. When a hen is brooding, another hen cannot sit on her eggs. If a dog bites you and you don't bite him back, it will say that you have no teeth. Beware of evil from him to whom you have done a favour. Be accustomed to hardship, for God’s endowment never lasts. If our feet leave the earth we no long...