You don't give someone a goat for a gift and still hold on to the rope.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about gifts, contentment
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You don't have to lie down at the spot where your enemy has thrown you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, enemies, contentment
If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house
You don't have to tell the deaf that there is a stampede in the market.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, contentment
If the banana pest doesn't die it will always reach at the ripe banana.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about death
A grasshopper that sleeps about will be soon awake in a lizard's mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If we do what we always did we will always remain what we always we're.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
He who has not traveled widely thinks that his mother is the best cook.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about kitchen, mother
Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
The eyes that have seen the ocean cannot be satisfied by a mere lagoon.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about eyes
To neglect one's ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about failure, ancestors, wealth, life
If a frog leaves the swamp for the mountains, it means it is in danger.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about danger
Tell your friend a lie, if he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about secret, lie, truth
If you want to grow a long tooth you must have enough lips to cover it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Search for a friend with no faults and you will remain with no friends.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
A man who doesn't know how to play sex disappears after the first time.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sex, time, man
When the shadow of a tree is bent, straighten the tree, not the shadow.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow
A spider's cobweb isn't only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about trap, spring, food
A lazy chick that exposes itself will be a delicious meal for the eagle.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Being a swimmer and spending time in the water does not make you a fish.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about being, fishing, time, water, contentment
