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
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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
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
When an elephant eats and eats and still cries for more, it is the grass that will get embarrassed.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If you haven't done anything evil then you shouldn't be worried about devils knocking on your door.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about haven, devil, contentment
The one chased away with a stick comes back and the one chassed away with reason doesn't come back.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about reason
Don't expect to be offered a chair when you are visiting a place where the chief sits on the floor.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
It is better to be kind to our neighbors than to cross the world to offer incense to our ancestors.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about ancestors, world
A woman is like a bee treat her well and she will make honey, treat her badly and she will go wild.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about woman
A man who touches the bottom of a soup plate with a ball of foofoo is no longer searching for soup.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about searching, man
If you offer to share your seat with a person who has a big bottom your bound to lose it completely.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, contentment
Live patiently in the world; know that those who hate you are more numerous than those who love you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about hate, world, love, contentment
If you pay homage to the man on top, others will pay homage to you when it's your turn to be on top.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment, man
It's not the aroma of the soup that tells you whether it's sweet or not, but it's the tongue's taste.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Whether the egg crashes on the coconut or the coconut crashes on the egg, it is the egg that suffers.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
