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
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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
It is not the things in the soup that I am afraid of but perhaps the person I am eating with.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, things
No matter how big a child is, he cannot deny that he was once carried on the back of a woman.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, woman
It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about being
No matter how long and winding the road might be, it will always lead you to your destination.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
All plants are our brothers and sisters and they talk to us and if we listen we can hear them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about greatness, man
A hunter who is never satisfied with is gain will one day be forced to carry home an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunters, home, day
Knowledge is better than wealth, you have to look after wealth, but knowledge looks after you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about knowledge, wealth, contentment
A person's cleverness is not shown by how many words he utters at once but how he utters them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about word, people
The palm-wine we drink, some people can drink it and remain wise; others lose all their senses.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking, wine, people
It is in the house of a coward that people gather and point to the tomb of yesterday's warrior.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, people
A fly that dances carelessly in front of a spider's web, risks the wrath of the spider's teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When there is a misunderstanding between the left leg and right leg the entire body falls down.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about body, rightness
If you think you're too small to be noticed go and sleep in a room which is full of mosquitoes.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, contentment
Get what to lend out and at the same time how to demand it back, for payment might be a tussle.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about time
The forest not only hides man's enemies but its full of man's medicine, healing power and food.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about medicine, enemies, power, food, man
If a man rides on the back of a tiger, he should never be surprised if he ends up in its tummy.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, man
