Proverbs and old sayings, page 168

43575 proverbs and old sayings

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

To love a king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, love, bad, contentment

Shame to the house where the hen crows and the cock is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shame, home, house

It costs you your good spirit to steal than buying or seeking.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about spirit, good, good luck, contentment

The greatness of man's male organ don't call it an hydro cell.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about greatness, man

An elder uses old eyes to see and so the young use young eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about eyes, use, old, olderness

The grindstones can neither be used as a stool nor a headrest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

She who gives birth to triplets cannot ask for a third breast.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, contentment

A man who does no hard work will never know the value of rest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about value, rest, work, man

The thrower of stones throws away the strength of his own arm.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about blind, fall

You can share the same bed but you can't share the same dream.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dream, contentment

Do not laugh at the fallen; you may find slippery roads ahead.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment