Proverbs and old sayings West African, page 83

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Get hold of the little you have as you struggle for more quantity or quality.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight, quality

He who sacks his wife because she eats a lot will end up marrying a cannibal.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wife, end

When your house is on fire you don't choose who to help you put out the fire.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade, help, home, house

When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The one who knows the way to the cemetery carries the tail end of the coffin.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about end

He who solves a problem with a problem will always have a problem in waiting.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You cannot expect me to carry you on my back and then you say my head smells.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

A bird doesn't forget one who killed off his feathers during the rain season.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about season, rain

A king who doesn't tolerate comments about his mouth shouldn't eat in public.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about public

Once bitten by a snake you feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, man

Don't undermine my silence, its got reason; don't rate it, it as got no scale.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about reason, silence

When a new saying gets to the land of empty men they lose their heads over it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, man

If you give a handshake to the leopard, next time he will come for an embrace.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time

No matter how powerful a man, he cannot make the rains fall on his farm alone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, man

When the drummers change their beats the dancers must also change their Steps.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change

Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother

When the head of a snake is cut off, the rest of his body is an ordinary rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body, rest, heads

Listening is the most difficult skill to learn and the most important to have.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you cry because you miss the sun, your tears will not let you see the moon.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about tears, moon, sun