Proverbs and old sayings, page 388

43574 proverbs and old sayings

Peace does not make a good ruler.

Proverbs and old sayings about peace, good, good luck

God is our general in time of war.

Proverbs and old sayings about war, time, god

One finger cannot pick up a louse.

Proverbs and old sayings

All people share the same ancestry.

Proverbs and old sayings about people

The lice will roost on a dirty head.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

It is better to walk than curse the road.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you live in a mud hut, beware of the rain.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain, contentment

Beautiful words don't put porridge in the pot.

Proverbs and old sayings about word

You can tell the ripeness of a melon by its look.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

A slipshod man wastes away in the midst of plenty.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

The locusts do not devour only your neighbors field.

Proverbs and old sayings

A prudent man who knows proverbs, resolved problems.

Proverbs and old sayings about prudence, problems, man

Only a dupe checks the depth of the water with both feet.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

It is the one who lies by a fire who can feel how hot it is.

Proverbs and old sayings about fire, fire brigade

Only a lion knows best its own needs and can best serve them.

Proverbs and old sayings

The earth is a termite mound, we all enter by the same opening.

Proverbs and old sayings about earth

A loving wife is often blessed with the birth of a tenth child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, wife

Ninety-nine lies may help you, but the hundredth will give you away.

Proverbs and old sayings about help, contentment

The lizard that lives high up in iroko tree does not hear the lions roar.

Proverbs and old sayings

Do not look where the harvest is plentiful, but where the people are kind.

Proverbs and old sayings about people