Wednesday, 24 August 2016

AFRICAN PROVERBS: On Beauty

Source: http://www.siliconafrica.com/100-african-proverbs-i-always-keep-with-myself/

1. Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty. ~Nigerian Proverb

2. If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness. ~Nigerian Proverb

3. You are beautiful because of your possessions. ~Baguirmi Proverb

4. Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. ~Bantu Proverb

5. Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you. ~African Proverb

6. The most beautiful fig may contain a worm. ~Zulu Proverb

7. It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir. ~African Proverb

8. There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest. ~African Proverb

9. An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor. ~Ganda Proverb

10. If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so. ~Nigerian Proverb

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