A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about happiness, man
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If money where to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about money, people
A child's hand is not burned by hot yam which is placed into his palm by his mother.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
If you are threatened by a man, sleep at night, if it is by a woman then stay awake.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, night, woman, man, contentment
The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use
A leader is he who tells his people what they must hear, not what they want to hear.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, food, man
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about help, children, love, contentment
When many trees fall on top of one another, a wise man removes the one on top first.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, man
He who is too sure of himself and acts without thinking is heading for his downfall.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about thinking
One can see it but must not say, when the master of a house passes excreta in a pot.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house
If you choose to make friendship with a pig you must be prepared to live in the mad.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about friendship, contentment
A hungry man will thrust his fingers into a snake's hole in search of a grasshopper.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
The canary that dances along the bush path must have its drummer in the nearby bush.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Worry is like a rocking chair it swings you back and forth and it takes you nowhere.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about worry, contentment
The words you say to tell the truth are as important as the decision to be truthful.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about truth, word, contentment
When the mother monkey leaves her baby to fall, one must not blame the dried branch.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, mother
An old man's mouth produces a bad smell but the words that come out of it are sweet.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about word, bad luck, bad, man, old, olderness
Those who have not crossed the river yet should not laugh at those who are drowning.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Give me a fish and I will eat today, teach me to fish and I will eat for a lifetime.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fishing
