He who asks for the meaning of a proverb has called her/his mother's dowry a waste.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about waste, mother
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If you wait for the roasted liver to cool it will get cold in someone else's mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Don't seek to hurt any man, but if any man seeks to hurt you may he break his neck.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
When bad luck chooses you as a companion, even a ripe banana can remove your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, good luck, bad
When your friend gives your wife an expensive present, it's time to get suspicious.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about present, wife, time
When a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about happiness, commerce, blind, children, money, man
If wisdom is measured by the size of the beard then the goat is a philosopher king.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wisdom
The one who shows off himself in every place will one day search for Where to hide.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about day
If you don't know the path to the spring or swamp, follow the trail of broken pots.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about spring
If you don't mend up a small crack on the wall you end up building the entire wall.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end
Unless the broken tooth is thrown out the mouth will continue to chew with caution.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about prudence
A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about happiness, man
If money where to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about money, people
A child's hand is not burned by hot yam which is placed into his palm by his mother.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother
If you are threatened by a man, sleep at night, if it is by a woman then stay awake.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, night, woman, man
The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use
A leader is he who tells his people what they must hear, not what they want to hear.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, food, man
What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about help, children, love
When many trees fall on top of one another, a wise man removes the one on top first.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, man
