Proverbs and old sayings West African, page 69

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A dead body cannot urge over how it should be placed in the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body

When the rain falls, it falls on both the freeborn and the slaves.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain

Don't admire the flying bird before you know the pain of flapping.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about pain

No matter how big the butterfly may be, it cannot be called a bat.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, day

If you want to sit under a shade in your old age plant a tree now.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about olderness, age, old

You can stay a thousand miles away from home and still see inside.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home

A spiritual leader is able to see the past, present and the future.

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

It is possible to kill a man but it is impossible to kill his name.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about impossible, name, man

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It is a man with a harp who should decide how he is going to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, man

Once you've started a competition, you must carry it to the finish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about competition, end

One only realises the importance of a well when the water dries up.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

A blind person knows his environment more than a visitor with eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about blind, eyes, people

The wind that carried the mortar will not fail to carry the pestle.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Used recklessly then s/he must have inherited the misused property.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A fish will not live out of water but will prefer air to hot water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about air, water

No matter how rich a man may be he cannot sleep on two beds at ago.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, wealth, man

A genuine gift is like water when it flows out it can never return.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about gifts, water

The cockroach cannot be innocent in a court where the hen is judge.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about judges