Quote of the Day
Words are the breath of the heart. – Kenyan proverb – Never Marry a Woman with Big Feet: Women in Proverbs from Around the World
proverbs
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School Jokes
A first grade teacher collected old, well known proverbs. For a writing prompt, she gave each student in her class the first half of a number of proverbs with the assignment to complete them. Students submitted the following: As you shall make your bed so shall you……….mess it up. Better be safe than………………….punch a 5th…
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Quote of the Day
Do not boast about yourself before performing an event, but after the event. Usijisifu kuwa mutendaji wa jambo kabla, lakini jisifu baada ya kutenda. (Swahili) – Gusii (Kenya) – More about this proverb on Afriprov.org
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Quote of the day
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe – 103 Great Poems: A Dual-Language Book