The palm-wine we drink, some people can drink it and remain wise; others lose all their senses.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking, wine, people
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It is in the house of a coward that people gather and point to the tomb of yesterday's warrior.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, people
A fly that dances carelessly in front of a spider's web, risks the wrath of the spider's teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
When there is a misunderstanding between the left leg and right leg the entire body falls down.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about body, rightness
If you think you're too small to be noticed go and sleep in a room which is full of mosquitoes.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep
Get what to lend out and at the same time how to demand it back, for payment might be a tussle.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about time
The forest not only hides man's enemies but its full of man's medicine, healing power and food.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about medicine, enemies, power, food, man
If a man rides on the back of a tiger, he should never be surprised if he ends up in its tummy.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end, man
The lion may be king of the jungle but he knows, he shouldn't stand in the way of the elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
He who starts his work early enough is neither hit by the severe sun heat nor the burning sand.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun, work
A man and a goat can be friends but it would be foolishness for the goat to pay the first visit.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
It is unwise for one to think that a hen will ever be accorded respect in the land of the hawks.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about respect
It's better to fall from a tree and a break your back than to fall in love and break your heart.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, heart, love
When one hand is injured the other nurses it, when both hands are injured they nurse each other.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
Banish a strong man, banish a strong man but when there is war you will look for the strong man.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about war, man
Don't throw away your nets if you catch nothing, you never know what the gods are planning next.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about trap, nothing
When you chase a fellow man reserve the strength to switch you back when he recharges and turns.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
There are many colourful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about flowers, life
If you want to know how long a man's tongue is, let him use his mouth to lick honey from a plate.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use, man
The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship, but the monkey is a monkey and the gorilla is a gorilla.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
