31 Sayings of Malian Origin

1. "A man with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "You must decide where you are going in the evening, if you intend to leave early in the morning." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "When mosquitoes work, they bite and then they sing." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "One finger can't pick up anything." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Do not try to cook the goat's young in the goat's milk." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "A piece of wood can sit in the water many years, but it won't become a crocodile." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "When the donkey dies, the farting will stop." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "The humble pay for the mistakes of their betters." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "A turtle is not proud of his long neck." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "A deaf man may not have heard the thunder but he surely will see the rain." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "You cannot wage war without the sound of gunpowder." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "A leader is a donkey for others to ride." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "A strong man's head is full of scars." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "A man is what he thinks." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "If you travel with donkeys for many years, you won't be able to speak like a donkey, but you will know all their paths." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "A woman who offers sex to everyone will get kicked by everyone." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "When the slave-trader preaches the Koran, it is time to watch over one's daughters." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "A rooster is not expected to crow for the whole world." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "If you've nothing to do, dig a spinster's grave." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "A canoe does not know who the leader is; when it turns over, everyone gets wet." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "One does not give without a motive." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Life is like a ballet performance, danced only once." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Slowly but surely the excrement of foreign poets will come to your village." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "You are beautiful because of your possessions." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "If God gave the swallow nothing else, he gave him swiftness in turning." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "It is from a tiny seed that the biggest tree was born." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "You will never drown where you always take a bath." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "The bee forced into a beehive will not make any honey." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "May Allah cool his resting place." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "A village without a leader is destroyed by a single enemy." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "The hyena chasing two antelopes at the same time will go to bed hungry." (Malian Sayings) Click to tweet