Proverbs and old sayings West African, page 76

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As long as the white man stutters, the interpreters have a lot of work.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about work, man

Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about old, olderness

A good reputation is something you must pay for, but you can never buy.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about prestige, commerce, good, good luck

It is easier to carry an empty cup than one that is filled to the brim.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You don't give someone a goat for a gift and still hold on to the rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about gifts

You don't have to lie down at the spot where your enemy has thrown you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about lie, enemies

If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

You don't have to tell the deaf that there is a stampede in the market.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about stores

If the banana pest doesn't die it will always reach at the ripe banana.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death

A grasshopper that sleeps about will be soon awake in a lizard's mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If we do what we always did we will always remain what we always we're.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who has not traveled widely thinks that his mother is the best cook.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about kitchen, mother

Thorns themselves will not harm you -- you hurt yourself on the thorns.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The eyes that have seen the ocean cannot be satisfied by a mere lagoon.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about eyes

To neglect one's ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about failure, ancestors, wealth, life

If a frog leaves the swamp for the mountains, it means it is in danger.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about danger

Tell your friend a lie, if he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about secret, lie, truth

If you want to grow a long tooth you must have enough lips to cover it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Search for a friend with no faults and you will remain with no friends.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A man who doesn't know how to play sex disappears after the first time.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sex, time, man