Life is like a boat you move on when you paddle and stay in the same place if not.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about life, contentment
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You cannot dance without music though you can sing instrumentally without dancing.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about music, dance, contentment
What the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, time
Those who get their kola nut cracked by the spirit should not forget to be humble.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about spirit
A friend is one who knows every thing about you and still wants to be your friend.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about things, contentment
No matter how far you are from your house, you will keep going until you get home.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, contentment
A man accused of stealing a goat should not entertain his visitors with goats meat.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about thieves, man
If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about miracle
He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about waste, mother
If you wait for the roasted liver to cool it will get cold in someone else's mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Don't seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt you may he break his neck.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man, contentment
When bad luck chooses you as a companion, even a ripe banana can remove your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, good luck, bad, contentment
When your friend gives your wife an expensive present, it's time to get suspicious.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about present, wife, time
When a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about happiness, commerce, blind, children, money, man
If wisdom is measured by the size of the beard then the goat is a philosopher king.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wisdom
The one who shows off himself in every place will one day search for Where to hide.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about day
If you don't know the path to the spring or swamp, follow the trail of broken pots.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about spring, contentment
If you don't mend up a small crack on the wall you end up building the entire wall.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, contentment
Unless the broken tooth is thrown out the mouth will continue to chew with caution.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about prudence
