Proverbs and old sayings West African, page 54

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The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, truth

A diamond doesn't lose its value due to lack of admiration.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about admiration, value

It is better to walk fast than to grow angry at the forest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fasting

The same teeth that a dog uses to play it uses to bite too.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you get rich, be in a dark corner when you jump for joy.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dark, joy, wealth

Take what you need and leave our land the way you found it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about need

Where the cattle stand together, the lion lies down hungry.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how poor a village, there is always one rich man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, man

You've seen many Komo, but you haven't seen the wild beast.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about haven

A village without the elderly is like a well without water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

Only a goat that is tired of life invites a lion to dinner.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life

The eggshell cannot be a mother of its resultant offspring.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Where the heart sleeps is where you're bound to go at dawn.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heart

The strength of the elderly is in the ears and on the lips.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

There is always a winner even in a monkey's beauty contest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about beauty

It is Mr. Old-Man-Monkey who marries Mrs. Old-Woman-Monkey.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about woman, old, olderness, man

Practice with the left hand while the right is still there.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rightness

Dreams are related to the past but connected to the future.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dream, future, past

What is sweet in a fools mouth will surely finish is money.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, money