Every time an old man dies it is as if a library has burnt down.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about time, man, old, olderness
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It's out of ignorance that a goat will attend a leopard's party.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about ignorance
If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about dance, food, bad luck, bad
Only a fool will use both his legs to test how deep a spring is.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about tests, spring, use
A man doesn't escape from bees with a lump of honey in his hand.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
No matter how wise you are, you cannot trace footsteps in water.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about water
Hunger makes the big fish come out of hiding in the great river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunger
Do not speak badly of a crocodile when your leg is in the river.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
There are 40 kinds of lunacy, but only one kind of common sense.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about common sense, sense
Success in life largely depends on how you handle your failures.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about life
He who ventures into the bush should close his ears to rattling.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If you're to cure a chicken you do so while it is still kicking.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The hen doesn't have breasts, but she can still feed her chicks.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
You are invited to join the hunt when your nets are in evidence.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When you wake up in the morning you see the other person's butt.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
What makes a sheep blit loudly the goat had already seen before.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When problems visit a man it arrives with its own bed and table.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about problems, man
The teeth that cannot move in unison cannot bit a piece of meat.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Not all the baboons that enter a maize field come out satisfied.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
