There are forty kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about common sense, sense
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The man who counts the bits of food he swallows is never satisfied.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about food, man
A talkative person is a traveller when he is tired, he keeps quiet.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about quiet, people
Never lose heart because whatever is hot must in the end turn cold.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, heart
A drunkard is like a whisky bottle only neck and belly but no head.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads
A river doesn't run straight because there was nobody to advise it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight, man
If you want to eat a toad, you should look for a fat and juicy one.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Even if you remain an island you must still be friendly to the sea.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
A man who after his dying speech doesn't die, bears the same guilt.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about guilt, death, man
There are three friends in this world: courage, sense, and insight.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about courage, common sense, sense, world
The attacks of a wild beast cannot be averted with only bare hands.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The mouth that eats should not talk, for it risks swallowing a fly.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Every fresh banana leaf should eventually become a dry banana leaf.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about salary
He who is close to you knows more about you than he who is far away.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you flog a baboon because it is ugly, you will end up killing it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, contentment
Of what good is giving birth when later there regrets of disrespect.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about good, good luck
That which got bent while growing when you straighten it, it breaks.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
No matter how old you may be the future will always be ahead of you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about future, contentment, old, olderness
If you break a coconut on a man's head, he will not enjoy eating it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, man, contentment
