If you wait be prepared to be stung by the bees.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
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You don't punish a fish by throwing it in water.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fishing, water, contentment
Not to know is bad not to wish to know is worse.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wish, bad luck, bad
The laughter of a child is the light of a house.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about laughter, light, children, home, house
Nothing wipes your tears away but your own hand.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, nothing
Between imitation and envy, imitation is better.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about envy
You cannot build a house for last year's summer.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, contentment
The life of a groundnut lies between two shells.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about life
If you man is a wizard, you must become a witch.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment, man
Where you killed from is not where you eat from.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
You cannot hear a baby cry in the mother's womb.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother, contentment
An only palm-fruit doesn't get lost in the fire.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade
Not everything that glitters is gold or diamond.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
No problem is settled until it is settled right.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness
Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about food
He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A bird with fire on its tail burns its own nest.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade
It is a foolish fly that is buried with a corpse.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Do not look where you fall but where you slipped.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, contentment
The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun
