A corn swallowed by a fowl will never germinate in its belly.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
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The buffalo does not wander from the marsh where it was born.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wanderer
Do not throw away the oars before the boat reaches the shore.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The sweetness of a kola nut doesn't lie in its sugar content.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie
He who drinks wine without libation is a traitor to the gods.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about gods, wine
He on whose head we would break a coconut never stands still.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads
When one man's curse falls on a person another one breaks it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, man
He who wants to plant corns must make peace with the monkeys.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about peace
The eye of a snake is big but no one can put is finger on it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight
If you know the beginning well, the end will not trouble you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about beginning, problems, end, contentment
Those who arrive to the spring first, drink the purest water.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about spring, drinking, water
It is better to blush than to keep the concern in your heart.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about worry, heart
Those who get on the same pirogue, have the same aspirations.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
You can leave without a friend but never without a neighbour.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Life is your ability to breath out every time you breathe in.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about ability, life, time, contentment
All war follow a demonstrate failure of difficulty diplomacy.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about diplomacy, difficulties, failure, war
A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about family
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes didn't have tears.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, soul, eyes
To remove a fly from a friend's forehead never use a hatchet.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use
