It is unwise for one to think that a hen will ever be accorded respect in the land of the hawks.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about respect
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It's better to fall from a tree and a break your back than to fall in love and break your heart.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, heart, love
When one hand is injured the other nurses it, when both hands are injured they nurse each other.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Banish a strong man, banish a strong man but when there is war you will look for the strong man.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about war, man, contentment
Don't throw away your nets if you catch nothing, you never know what the gods are planning next.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about gods, trap, nothing, contentment
When you chase a fellow man reserve the strength to switch you back when he recharges and turns.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment, man
There are many colourful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about flowers, life
If you want to know how long a man's tongue is, let him use his mouth to lick honey from a plate.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use, man, contentment
The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship, but the monkey is a monkey and the gorilla is a gorilla.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Don't wait for an anthill to build up in your mushroom better attack its origin sooner than later.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about origin, attack
The cock that loses its pace time of cockadoodle should be dressed otherwise it will misguide you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about time, contentment
The zebra told the white horse, I am white, and told the black horse, I am actually black.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about magic
If you have a poor father that is destiny; if you have a poor father-in-law, that is your mistake.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about destiny, mistake, law, contentment
What is put in a basket before going to the market won't be the same thing returned in the basket.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, things
What's all the fuss? said the crane after the eel had slipped away. I never liked fish anyway.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fishing
An egg shouldn't be deceived by the hardness of its shell; it cannot challenge a stone in a fight.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight
Don't tell your important secret to your friend because your friend has his other friends as well.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about secret
A chief may have more wives than he can remember but you dare not try to share his wives with him.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
No matter how tough the current of a river may be it is the calabash that triumphal over the river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A parent should not give up modelling their children because the ancestors too never give up on us.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about ancestors, children
