Proverbs and old sayings West African, page 80

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The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about genius, limits, stupidity

When cats are hairdressers, rats will always go around with uncombed hair.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It is when one holds the sacrificial lamb that he begins to seek the gods.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Several repeated visits to the mud pit enable the wasp to build its house.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house

When a chick ignores its mother's warning, the eagle grasps it for a meal.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

Too many cooks, cooking at the same time makes the day take long to break.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about kitchen, time, day

A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about day

The chicken that sits along the road to eat shall never enjoy a good meal.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about good, good luck

It is only the eagle that can give an account of the whisper of the cloud.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who is drunk from wine can sober up, he who is drunk from wealth cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, wine

If you run too fast you bypass a safe place you would have hidden yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fasting

If you can bear the hissing of a snake, don't complain when you are bitten.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A sick way between two people can only be cared for if the two of them die.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, people

A bottle that believes it's cracked to smile it will end up on the dustbin.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about smile, end

Even when a goat knows that it is being dragged to graze, it still resists.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about being

Death is like a dress that, at some point or another, everyone has to wear.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death

When an elephant becomes as small as a monkey, it ceases to be an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It rained on the mountaintop, but it was the valley below that got flooded.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It requires a lot of carefulness to kill a fly that touches on the scrotum.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The house roof fights the rain, but the person who is sheltered ignores it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain, people, home, house