If you can bear the hissing of a snake, don't complain when you are bitten.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
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A sick way between two people can only be cared for if the two of them die.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, people
A bottle that believes it's cracked to smile it will end up on the dustbin.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about smile, end
Even when a goat knows that it is being dragged to graze, it still resists.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about being
Death is like a dress that, at some point or another, everyone has to wear.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about death
When an elephant becomes as small as a monkey, it ceases to be an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
It rained on the mountaintop, but it was the valley below that got flooded.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
It requires a lot of carefulness to kill a fly that touches on the scrotum.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain, people, home, house
If you want to know how the true story goes, wait till the arguments start.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
The weed that grows by the riverbank will not suffer the effect of draught.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about suffering
A child can play with its mother's breasts, but not its father's testicles.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
A child doesn't breast-feed from a stepmother if its mother is still alive.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
He who is always in a hurry to get things done he never gets it done right.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness, things
A man who smiles when he's been robbed has stolen something from the thief.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about thieves, man
Differences between husband and wife should not be aired in the marketplace.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about husband, wife
He who crosses a bridge to paradise and blows it after him is going to hell.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about paradise, hell
God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about mind, heart, god, man
A lazy man will remember he has not planted when is neighbour is harvesting.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
It is a person suffering from cold who will first think of closing the door.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about suffering, people
