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- Duty before devotion. – Mexican
- Easily promised, quickly forgotten. – Japanese
- Eat and drink and let the world go to ruin. – Egyptian
- Eggs and vows are easily broken. – Japanese
- Eggs cannot be unscrambled. – U.S
- Empires rise and fall, yet it is the people in the society that must either embrace or resist change – Unknown
- Empty vessels make the greatest sound – Plato (Greek)
- Endurance pierces marble. – Moroccan
- Envy is prosperity’s manure. – Nigeria
- Eternity gives no answer. – African
- Even the clever one is advised – African
- Even the wisest man becomes foolish in the hands of a naked woman – African
- Every fool knows that we can’t touch the stars, but it doesn’t prevent a wise man from trying – African
- Fall seven times and stand up eight. – Japanese Proverb
- For whom is it well, for whom is it well? There is no one for whom it is well – Nigerian Proverb
- Girls are like mangoes, once you are waiting for them to ripe, others are eating them with salt – Nigerian Proverb
- Good sayings are like pearls strung together. – Chinese Proverb
- Having a female as a best friend is like having chicken for a pet, you will eat it someday – Nigerian Proverb
- Having a fool at your home is also a gift of nature – Nigerian Proverb
- He that lies down with dog, shall rise up fleas – Chinese proverb
- He who brings an ant-infested firewood to the house must know he’s inviting the lizards to a feast – Nigerian Proverb
- He who fetched ant infested fire woods have called lizards for a feast
- He who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing – Benjamin Franklin
- He who goes to bed with an itchy anus wakes up with smelly fingers – Confucius
- He who lives on hope will die fasting – Old English Proverbs
- He who prays for rain, must be prepared to deal with the mud – Nigerian
- He who refuses to obey cannot command – Nigerian
- He who urinates in a stream must remember his family also drinks from the water – African
- However much the buttocks are in a hurry, they will always remain at the back – African
- If a child washed his hands clean he could eat with the kings, high and mighty – Nigeria
- If a man wants to grow a long tooth, he should have the lip to cover it – African
- If Something that was going to chop off your head only knock off your cap, you should be grateful – Nigeria
- If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it – Seychelles
- If the throat can swallow a knife, the anus must find a way of expelling it – African
- If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. – Latin Proverb
- If u wear white, stay away from the palm oil merchant – Nigeria
- If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there – Uganda
- If you pay an herbalist handsomely, he will go deep into the jungle to search for roots and herbs to work for you – Nigeria
- It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. — Latin Proverb
- It is difficult for a bee to convince a fly that honey is sweeter than feces – Unknown
