46 Sayings of Cameroonian Origin

1. "The heart of a wise man lies quiet like clear water." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "The cricket cries, the year changes." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Thought breaks the heart." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "A building of sand falls as you build it." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Singing birds don't build nests." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "The folly of a man is not broadcast like that of a woman." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "If everyone is going to dance, who, then, would watch?" (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "Better a mistake at the beginning than at the end." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Thought is free." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Water always finds a way out." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "A bird that allows itself to be caught will find a way of escaping." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "If love is a sickness, patience is the remedy." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "If you ask questions, you cannot avoid answers." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "The darkness of night cannot stop the light of morning." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "It is better to be the victim of injustice than to be unjust yourself." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "The flood takes him in, and the ebb takes him out." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "A friend is worth more than a brother." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "You cannot produce one human being without uniting two bodies." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "However little you think of the elephant, you can't say it won't fill a pot." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "The elephant will reach to the roof of the house." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "She is like a road, pretty, but crooked." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Better little than too little." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "The fire cannot be put out with your hands." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "When the poor man sets a trap only his dog gets caught." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "There is no doctor on the day you die." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "The day did not know that night had fallen." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Every smart man is an ignoramus who abuses his ignorance." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "It is the pot that boils but the dish that gets the credit." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "If you do not step on the dog's tail, he will not bite you." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "A cherry year, a merry year; a plum year, a dumb year." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "One father can feed seven children, but seven children cannot feed one father." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "No matter how fast a man is, he cannot outrun his shadow." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "If the panther knew how much he is feared, he would do much more harm." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Lying can get you a wife, but it won't keep her." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Knowledge is better than riches." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "You come with a cat and call it a rabbit." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "When the vine entwines your roof, it is time to cut it down." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "Rain does not fall on one roof alone." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "An elephant will reach to the roof of the house." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "He, who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "If the fight is tomorrow, why then clench your fist today?" (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "Beauty is an empty calabash." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "What you don't know, you will not recognize." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "A man's wealth may be superior to him." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "However swift a man, he will not outstrip his shadow." (Cameroonian Sayings) Click to tweet