Declare kinship with the hyena, and all hyenas are your friend.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
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If you want people to understand you, you speak their language.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about language, people, contentment
As the wound inflames the finger, so thought inflames the mind.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about thinking, mind
Anyone who has sold an old lady, knows the price of an old man.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about old, olderness, man
Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about water
The eyes that beheld the chief don't fear for a court official.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fear, eyes
Those who are opposed to terrorism should not terrorise others.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about moon
Optimism is a mania for saying all is well when one is in hell.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about optimism, hell
The cat may look like a lion, but that does not make it a lion.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The one who wrestles with a big man will soon wear himself out.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
A satisfied man doesn't understand the feeling of a hungry man.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
If you want to lean on a tree, first make sure it can hold you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Wisdom is like a baobab tree, no one individual can embrace it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wisdom
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about power, people
The mind of a fool is like a broken pot it will hold no wisdom.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about mind, wisdom
When the buttocks foul the air it's the head that gets knocked.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about air, heads
A man who marries an outcast is like rain wasted in the forest.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about waste, rain, man
A tree that refuses to dance will be made to do so by the wind.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about dance
Living near a lake doesn't mean you eat fish whenever you need.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about need, fishing, contentment
