26 Sayings of Angolan Origin

1. "Any visitor to the country who drinks from the River Bengo will never want to leave." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "What the guest would like is what the host is ashamed to offer as not being good enough and the guest is disappointed." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Chance all; see what destiny yields." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Don't despise the nut, one day it will be a palm tree." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "The real journey of discovery begins in old age." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "Appearances are deceitful." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "In the larger affairs the minor are forgotten." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "The squirrel does not talk back to the elephant." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "There is no hurry about the matter in hand." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "To be sure that your friend is a friend, you must go with him on a journey, travel with him day and night, go with him near and far." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Early corn is best, so the firstborn is the one to delight in." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "You cannot do without water, even if it drowned your child." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "The mouse does not talk back to the lion." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Body is easily satisfied but not the heart." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "He who goes to Our Lady of Muxima with an evil heart risks being drowned crossing the river to get there." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "As the ocimbamba seeks the low lying tree so friends gather to the friendly person." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "A person of pleasant and agreeable appearance but close and exacting, driver of hard bargains." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Labor has sure reward." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "There is not enough room for two elephants to sit in the same shade." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Beyond your sphere your importance wanes." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "The mysterious road beckons the young man." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "It is the voyage not the ship that matters." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "The crocodile is only strong in the water." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "It is the destiny of the donkey to carry the heavy burden." (Angolan Sayings) Click to tweet