Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about dream, water, old, olderness, contentment
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The song sang by men when going to hunt is not the same song they sing when they come back.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
A man who is putting on his armour for war should not boast like a man who's taking it off.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about war, man
Enjoy breakfast all alone, share lunch with your best friend and give dinner to your enemy.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about enemies
A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about failure, proudness, heart
Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about olderness, age, wine, man, old
The sun shines on those who are standing before it shines on the people kneeling under them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun, people
The very fact that we are looking for something usually stands in the way of our finding it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about woman
When a blind man tells you he is going to throw a stone, know that his foot is on the stone.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about blind, man, contentment
You should know what's being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about kitchen, food, being, contentment
Those who never protect the values of their ancestors their soul will never rest peacefully.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about ancestors, soul, rest
You cannot stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, contentment
People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, people, man
A man gets to the land of spirits when he passes seven rivers, seven forests and seven hills.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
The strongest person among men is not he who fights everyone but is he who controls is anger.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about anger, people, man
Shall we kill a snake and carry it in our hand when we have a bag for putting long things in?
Proverbs and old sayings West African about things
The smoke caused by meat which is roasted does not cause pain in the eyes of a hungry person.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about smoke, pain, eyes, people
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about word
