The miserly man is like a fattened ox: he will give of his fat only when he has been deprived of his life.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about life, man
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A cock says it's because of the situation it is faced with that it has its knees in the opposite direction.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The person who is coming from the bowels of the earth doesn't despise even the smallest amount of sunshine.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth, people
The antics of a market buffoon provide laughter, but nobody prays that his child becomes the market buffoon.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, laughter, children
Despise not a snail for its slow and struggling movement; it has a destination and with time it shall arrive.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about time
The madman, who throws a stone into a crowded market, forgets that his own mother could be hit by his madness.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores, mother
If your husband has many wives, the only sure way for him into you're the bedroom is through a delicious meal.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about husband, contentment
He who brings firewood infected with maggots in his house should not complain when lizards start visiting him.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about praise
Only a fool believes that the clouds obscure the splendour of the moon. It has shined behind them for eternity.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about eternity, moon
Happiness is like a perfume, you cannot pour it all on others without allowing a few drops to fall on yourself.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about perfume, happiness, fall, contentment
A family is like a thick forest, often from outside its dense, when your inside each tree has its own position.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about family
If a man returns from a long journey and no one says welcome back to him he feels like one who has not arrived.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
A feather is just a delicate thing when removed from a bird because it carries the bird everywhere in the world.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about things, world
The radiant and well-understood speech of one person is better than the speech of a thousand people that is not.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about insects, fall, work
Monkeys don't advise there young ones to be careful on trees they just remind them of the distance to the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fishing, life, man, day
He is a wise man who has no worries about the things he doesn't have but he rejoices for those things that he has.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about things, man
Despite the beauty of the moon, sun and the stars, the sky also has a threatening thunder and striking lightening.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about celebrity, stars, moon, beauty, sky, sun
