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26One Thousand Proverbs on Women, Wives and Daughters- part 26
Part 26
601. Women and land destroy men. -Māori in New Zealand
602. When there are a woman and a man, a strong wall between them- Peruvian.
603. Give your heart to a woman and she will kill you.
604. Beautiful woman, beautiful trouble – Jamaican proverb
605. Handsome face woman not be best kind of woman.
606.If you follow old woman, you will eat pot bottom.
607. Woman’s mouth and fowl are one.
608. A woman’s mouth never takes holiday.
609. Woman’s tongue, wasp, and tamarind tree, the three worst things.
(Switches for juvenile offenders are made from tamarind trees.
—Jamaican proverbs
610. A man is not to be known till he takes a wife.- Haitian
611. A wife, like a dog, is sought for her race-breed.
612. Women and wine lead man on a bad road- Cuban
613. A bad woman and a good woman both need the rod- Argentine
614. When a woman wears the breeches, she has a good right to them- American
615. A woman who has lost her rival has no sorrow—Zulu
616. Quick loving a woman means quick not loving a woman- Yoruba.
617. Consult thy wife and do the reverse of what she advises
618. Obedience to a woman is the avenue of hell- Tunisian
619. A wife is like a tick on one’s body.(Marriage brings trouble)
619 a.A woman does not lie fallow ( a woman will not lack men to marry her)
620. Women have no court ( A woman’s word has not much value)
–Thonga from Africa.
621. A woman without modesty is like a stew without salt.
622. Men and women towards each other are for the eyes and for the heart, and not only for the bed.
–Tamashek in Africa
623. A wife means clothes.
624. Strife sleeps in the house of the man with two wives.
625. A woman is like the milk of the young coconut, it is not pleasant except in its shell.
626. Women carry two wallets; one for ill deeds in front, one for kindness behind.
–Swahili in East Africa
627. Against the goodness of woman the sadness of man is also good-Abyssinia
628. A woman is like a dog which may even be enticed with a bone.
629. A woman is like a monkey, you can only eat her hands (labour)
630. A man’s YES is a yes; a woman’s YES is often a NO.
631. A wife never comes rom the south, only winds do.
–Chuana in Africa.
632. You need double strength if you quarrel with a woman whose husband is absent- Shona in Africa.
633. A wife is like blanket; when you cover yourself with it, it irritates you and yet if you cast it aside you feel cold.- Ahanti in Africa
634. It is a good thing to listen to the words of one woman in forty
635. The quite stupid praises his wife; the quite wise praises his dog.
—Turkish
636. A man can bear anything but the mention of his wives.
637. Trust neither a king, a horse, nor a woman.
638. There is danger for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman.
639. Woman is a calamity, but no house ought to be without this evil.
640. What man ever saw a horse, a woman, or a sword faithful.
641. What has a woman to do with the councils of a nation?
642. Obedience to a woman will have to be repented of.
643. Both women and dragons are best out of the world.
644. Women are the whips of Satan.
645. To consult women brings ruins to a man.
646. The god of women is a man, therefore all women must obey men
(It is in Sangam Tamil Literature, Tirukkural , Mahabharata and Manu Smriti)
To be continued………………..
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