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Famous Matshona Dhliwayo Quotes
“It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.”
“The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.”
“The earliest bird gets the worm, only if the worm is stupid enough to show up.”
“A small idea with wings will take you higher than a big one with legs.”
“We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.”
“Wisdom from a student is greater than knowledge from a teacher.”
“It is easier to reap from a little wisdom than from a lot of knowledge.”
“If you cheat on wisdom with knowledge, you will go bankrupt.”
“The highest ignorance is no match for the lowest knowledge.”
“It is easier to reap from a little wisdom than to reap from a lot of knowledge.”
“Knowledge in your mind is no match for wisdom in your soul.”
“Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.”
“The narrow path to wisdom is better than the wide road to ignorance.”
“Wisdom on its worst day is greater than ignorance on its best day.”
“Truth on its feet goes further than ignorance on its wings.”
“One who pretends to be ignorant is better than one who pretends to be wise.”
“It is better to suffer for knowledge than to pleasure in ignorance.”
“We hate each other because we are ignorant, but love each other because we are wise.”
“Any fool can marry, but only the wise live happily ever after.”
“The lowest wisdom of the wise is greater than the highest wisdom of fools.”
“If you want to dig a grave faster than anyone, use ignorance.”
“Ignorance shuts the mind’s door tight; wisdom swings it wide open.”
“A proverb from the wise is better than a thesis from a fool.”
“A foolish angel is still better than an intelligent devil.”
“It is easier to train stubborn children than obstinate adults.”
“If you erase all of your bad memories, you erase all of your wisdom.”
“When I was young, my father taught me a slave had only one duty: TO BURN DOWN THE PLANTATION.”
“The world belongs to the intelligent, the universe belongs to the wise.”