93 Sayings of Sudanese Origin

1. "He who tells you about others will tell others about you." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "A young crocodile does not cry when he falls in the water." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "A woman is like hair that follows the neck." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Do not talk publicly about it or take pride in it." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Let your son choose his wife by himself but choose a husband for your daughter." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Teach them, do not bequeath them." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "He who says I do not know has given a judgement." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "He whose mother is naked will not clothe his aunt." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Worries about girls last to death." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "A big chair does not make a king." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "When a hen is brooding, another hen cannot sit on her eggs." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "When the monkey can't reach the ripe banana with his hand, he says it is not sweet." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Punish him if he lies and teach him good manners." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "The water bag drips on its carrier's flank." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "He who is not ashamed does what he wants." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Even if a log lies in the water for a long time, it does not become a crocodile." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "A dog cannot carry its puppies on its back." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "No one likes to eat crumbs from a feast; everyone likes to sit at the table." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "If Nakedness promises you a piece of cloth, ask him his name." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "If telling the truth does not save you, lying will not." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Let rats fight with each other." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "A naked man will often laugh at someone with torn clothes." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Men are measured by their tribes and women by their deeds." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Make your words true to your actions." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "Parents anger is connected to God's anger." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Truth is light." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Eat as brothers, but settle your accounts as merchants." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "The owner is satisfied, what is bothering the Judge!" (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "If you are wearing shoes, you don't fear the thorns." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "You can't feed your donkey only when you need to ride it." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Our wasted days are the days we never laugh." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "You who dig a hole for evil, make your space wider in it." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "A little shrub may grow into a tree." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Listen to the one whose advice makes you cry, not to the one whose advice makes you laugh." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "Beware of evil from him to whom you have done a favour." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "The poor are excused from washing with soap." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "A woman will not be given a leash." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Follow a secure road even if it is winding." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "What is with your father will stick to you." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "Return trust to the person who trusts you and do not betray the person who betrays you." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "Appearance is the sign of what is inside." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "That which does the cultivating is in the stomach." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "Your origin is your behavior." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "Empty stomachs have no ears." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "When Allah made Sudan, he laughed." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "Learning at young age is like sculpturing a stone." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "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." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Enter houses through their doors." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "He who intervenes in matters that do not concern him hears what does not please him." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "If our feet leave the earth we no longer live in peace." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "Seek the neighbor before the house." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "Love for something makes a man blind and deaf." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "He who grows with a thing, grows old with it." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "The hand suffers at work, but the mouth still must eat." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "If you can walk, you can dance; If you can talk, you can sing." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "A friend who visits you when you are suffering is your best friend." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "Avoid the anger of the tolerant." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "No one likes to eat crumbs from a feast; everyone likes to sit at the table." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Respect the one who saw the sun before you." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "Hot water is not a playground for frogs." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "Let rats shoot arrows at each other." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "Live your life as though you may live for ever; and be ready for the Hereafter as though you will die tomorrow." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

64. "The soup would be none the worse for more meat." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

65. "Playing with someone that is not your size hurts your chest." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

66. "Whoever is praised in his presence has been offended." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

67. "Be accustomed to hardship, for God's endowment never lasts." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

68. "Mockery is for the enemy." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

69. "If a dog bites you and you don't bite him back, it will say that you have no teeth." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

70. "Lying stops livelihood." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

71. "When you live with Arabs, either do as they do or move away." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

72. "It is sad when the elephant dies, but the whole tribe can feed on it." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

73. "Not all the trees in the forest make good firewood." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

74. "A child is a child of everyone." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

75. "Do not keep your stick away from these three, a woman, a drum and a female donkey." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

76. "Relatives are a dense forest." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

77. "Feed your son properly and discipline him." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

78. "I and my brother are against my cousin and I and my cousin are against the stranger." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

79. "When the eagle falls, too much fluttering is shameful." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

80. "Not all the trees in the forest make good firewood." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

81. "Don't cough in a hiding place." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

82. "Even the sharpest ear cannot hear an ant singing." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

83. "Lying's rope is short." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

84. "Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fatted ox where there is hatred." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

85. "He who taught me one letter, I became his slave." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

86. "Speak about the good qualities of your dead people." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

87. "Someone who is pointing his finger to another person is not always aware that the four remaining fingers are pointing in his direction." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

88. "The mother of boys has peace of mind." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

89. "They have taken the cow by the horns in order to milk it better." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

90. "A stranger does not share the monkey." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

91. "The one whom you dislike, fear God in your behaviour towards him." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

92. "A termite can do nothing to a stone but lick it." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

93. "Eggs and iron must not be in the same bag." (Sudanese Sayings) Click to tweet