Success is a ladder which cannot be climbed with hands in your pocket.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
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Blessings of ancestors are greater than those of a living human being.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about ancestors, human imperfections, being
He who doesn't know how a snake smells shouldn't walk into the forest.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
He who reminds you or corrects you is better than he who slanders you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Where there is a hippopotamus, be careful when passing with a pirogue.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A coward always hides behind someone else after he has thrown a stone.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
He that fought the lion must surely have the lion's claws in his body.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about body
If you cry and receive someone to help you cry more then you cry more.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about help
The cow with no tail can only depend on goats to rid himself of flies.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Without impalas and hyenas, the lion cannot be the king of the jungle.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about attention, children, mother
One decade is long enough to change the looks of mountains and rivers.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about change
By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about games, time
It doesn't matter how slowly you walk, just as long as you don't stop.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
An elephant grows and becomes an adult, even if people do not like it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
She who grinds millet should have wisdom about rainy clouds and winds.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wisdom
When you are rich, you are hated; when you are poor, you are despised.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth
The roughness of a cotton tree is not known until you get close to it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
No matter how high the bird flies, a hunter sets is trap on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunters
Use people who have something to gain, not people with nothing to lose.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, use, nothing
