Nicknames are the hardest stones the devil can throw at a man.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about devil, man
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A lazy man plants on a mad bark as an excuse for not planting.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
A woman who pursues a man for sex looses her spiritual beauty.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sex, beauty, woman, man
If you see your brother being scalped, put water on your hair.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about being, water, contentment
It is the cloth of an orphan that is often given to the guest.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about anger
He that dines with the gods must do so with a very long spoon.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about gods
A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
The kola nut stays longer in the mouths of those who value it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about value
If you tell people to live together, you tell them to quarrel.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, contentment
In good times friends know you and in bad times you know them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, bad, contentment, good, good luck
Never let a friend lie in your sheep farm he might get hungry.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie
You don't have to climb the palm wine tree to drink palm wine.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wine, drinking, contentment
If you have patience you can take out the holes of an anthill.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about patience, contentment
Why take away something by force which you can obtain by love.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about force, police, love, contentment
The gourd that never leaves the boozing centre attains cracks.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about ancestors, order, wisdom
If you ignore your own relatives you will serve the outsiders.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Teenagers act like babies if they are not treated like adults.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
You can't tell the colour of somebody's cloth from his shadow.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, contentment
