Proverbs and old sayings, page 179

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Those who judge before they know the facts will learn to shed tears.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, judges

When the river dries up, we will all see where the crocodile sleeps.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A woman is like a banana; one alone can turn the whole bunch rotten.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about woman

No matter how close the ear is to the eye they can't see each other.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Until the old moon disappears completely, the new moon can not come.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about moon, old, olderness

A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, eyes, children, mother

No matter how kind a man might be he cannot accept to share his wife.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wife, man

The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, nothing

A woman who delivers a baby in the market square has nothing to hide.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, woman, nothing

He who moves with each day is better than another who waits for luck.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, good luck, day

The partridge loves peas, but not those that go into the pot with it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you borrow from an eagle you will always be looking up in the sky.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sky, contentment

Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how well tamed a lion, it will one day go back to the bush.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about day

It is the path of the needle that the thread is accustomed to follow.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Its better to stumble with your feet than to stumble with your mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The corpse of a bird does not decompose in flight, but on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about flight

Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, contentment

If you wait for the downfall of the king, god will not make it sound.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about god, contentment

Happiness often sneaks through your door when you left the door open.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about happiness, contentment