Proverbs and old sayings, page 191

43574 proverbs and old sayings

If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about intelligence, contentment

If the sun said it had power over the moon then let it come and shine at night.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about power, moon, sun, night

No matter how many house chores you complete, there are always more to be done.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, contentment

You cannot stop planting cereals just because birds are going to feast on them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about feast, contentment

The brave man is not he who doesn't feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fear, man

Don't question a blind man for buying a mirror, it must serve him some purpose.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about purpose, question, blind, man

Whatever nourished the goat until it grew a beard will continue to sustain him.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The gourd's neck cannot be straightened in it's old age, it can only be broken.

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

What makes a fool excited now a wise person had heard before and isn't excited.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

If you hide a sick person, your lamentation alarm will only announce his death.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, people, contentment

Removing a peace of yam from the pot of yam doesn't stop the rest from cooking.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rest, peace

The grass may be greener on the other side, but it is just as difficult to cut.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The always-hurrying person eats goat, but the one who takes his time eats beef.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, time

A wind can move the branches of trees but it will never move the head of a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, man

When riding on top of an elephant do not assume there is no dew in the thicket.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A wise will is dedicated to the ancestors for its them who gave you everything'

Proverbs and old sayings West African about ancestors, contentment

Sometimes the spirits speaks for you and sometimes the spirits makes you speak.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment

A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth

If you want to smear somebody's face with mud, be prepared to dirty your hands.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about face, contentment

It is only the foolish cock that believes the sun won't rise if he doesn't crow.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun