Proverbs and old sayings, page 167

43575 proverbs and old sayings

Breaking news of the dead in the right way is very important.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness

A man who never recognises is mistakes will never know peace.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about peace, man

A difficult journey will make you daring and harden your will.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

Nicknames are the hardest stones the devil can throw at a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about devil, man

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