Proverbs and old sayings, page 183

43574 proverbs and old sayings

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

The worst you can do to truth is to cloth it in lies, you can't undo it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth, contentment

It is the absence of a cat that allowed the rat to climb onto the table.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who never moves about appreciates only one's mother's cookery skills.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

He who talks to you while travelling at night is thanked in the morning.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about night, contentment

When a slippery ground lies ahead do not laugh at those who have fallen.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you can't hold children in your arms, please hold them in your heart.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, heart, contentment

When there is a big tree, small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun

When you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about help, contentment

He who asks you to converse ends up telling others that you're shouting.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about conversation, end, contentment

Teaching a monkey to eat with a fork and knife will never make it a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about teaching, man

The eye cannot bear loads yet it can tell heavy objects from light ones.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about objects, light

If you cure a monkey of its tooth ache its your maize farm that suffers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

To love that one who never loves you is like rain falling in the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain, love, contentment