Proverbs and old sayings, page 141

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If a bird bills the rock then it trusts its beck.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bills, rocks

The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you do not have patience you cannot make beer.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about patience, contentment

The plant God favors will grow even without rain.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain, god

Defeat is not failure but trail is total failure.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about failure, defeat

The words of the wise become sweet the day after.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word, day

If the goat rejects the grass, its belly is full.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

For one to succeed in life, one has to work hard.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about work, life

A lizard can't be a snake even without its limbs.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life

No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tests

A man who dictates separates himself from others.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

The downfall of a man is not the end of his life.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, life, man

A kinsman in trouble has to be saved, not blamed.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about problems

Not everything on the body that swells is a boil.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body

The time to make friends is before you need them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about need, time, contentment

Don't let a fool kiss you no let a kiss fool you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about kiss, contentment

It is only a mad dog that barks at a flying bird.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Sometimes you need to die in order to live again.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about order, need, death, contentment

A fatherless boy is no better than unburied seed.

Proverbs and old sayings West African