Porverbs
First come, first served
Meaning:-
The first in line will be attended to first.
Eat to live, but do not live to eat
Meaning:-
Man was created for a divine purpose and he has a destiny with his Creator - he was not born just to enjoy food.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Meaning:-
One should not risk everything he has in a single venture.
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Meaning:-
A person who never settles in one place or who often changes his job will not succeed in life ; one who is always changing his mind will never get anything done.
Where there's a will there's a way
Meaning:-
When a person really wants to do something, he will find a way of doing it.
Every cloud has a silver lining
Meaning:-
If you say that every cloud has a silver lining, you mean that every sad or unpleasant situation has a positive side to it. If you talk about silver lining you are talking about something positive that comes out of a sad or unpleasant situation.
Aman is as old as he feels
Meaning:-
A person's age is immaterial - it is only when he thinks and feels that he is ageing that he actually becomes old.
Faint heart never won fair lady
Meaning:-
To succeed in life one must have the courage to pursue what he wants.
Charity begins at home
Meaning:-
A person's first obligation should be to help the member of his own family before he can begin thinking of talking about helping others.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Meaning:-
A small amount of knowledge can mislead people into thinking that they are more expert than they really are.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop
Meaning:-
One who has nothing to do will be tempted to do many mischievous acts.
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
Meaning:-
It is better to be careful and discrete than to be clever.
A picture is worth a thousand words
Meaning:-
A picture tells a story just as well as a large amount of descriptive text.
A proverb (from Latin: proverbium) is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity. They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim
The study of proverbs is called paremiology (from Greek παροιμία - paroimía, "proverb, maxim, saw"[1]) and can be dated back as far as Aristotle. Paremiography
A proverb is a short, generally known sentence of the folk which contains wisdom, truth, morals, and traditional views in a metaphorical, fixed and memorizable form and which is handed down from generation to generation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proverb
Sudanese proverb
The popular proverbs in Sudan are regarded as a principal expressive of the mode and experience of the Sudanese Arabic character, glory, power, pride, hospitality ,defeat and etc.