Proverbs and old sayings West African, page 33

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Where you killed from is not where you eat from.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You cannot hear a baby cry in the mother's womb.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

An only palm-fruit doesn't get lost in the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade

Not everything that glitters is gold or diamond.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No problem is settled until it is settled right.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness

Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about food

He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A bird with fire on its tail burns its own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade

It is a foolish fly that is buried with a corpse.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Do not look where you fall but where you slipped.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall

The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun

It is impossible to tie a knot without the thumb.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about impossible

Better to bit your tongue than biting your words.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word

It's the orator's wit to make a story appear old.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about old, olderness

You cannot win a lottery without buying a ticket.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

What you may call small another will call it big.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A fly that falls on your wound is more important.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A woman's polite devotion is her greatest beauty.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about beauty, woman

No chicken will fall into the fire a second time.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, fire, fire brigade, time

He who has brothers has more than riches can buy.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, commerce