Don't expect to be offered a chair when you are visiting a place where the chief sits on the floor.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
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If you offer to share your seat with a person who has a big bottom your bound to lose it completely.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Live patiently in the world; know that those who hate you are more numerous than those who love you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you pay homage to the man on top, others will pay homage to you when it's your turn to be on top.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
It's not the aroma of the soup that tells you whether it's sweet or not, but it's the tongue's taste.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Every time you have something good there is someone who wants you to throw it so as they can pick it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
You could destroy everything I have believed in and your father before you and his father before you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you keep your head and heart going in the right direction you don't have to worry about your feet.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If the fish comes out of the river to tell you that the crocodile has one eye, you should believe it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you travel with lies you will reach your destination but you might be unable to retrace your steps.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you don't eat mangos that fall on the ground, be sure to be strong enough to pick ones on the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
At that particular time a mad person gives you something take it immediately before he changes is mind.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you close your eyes because of the bad people around you, you will not see the good people passing by.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
You can teach other people how to learn other languages but you can't teach them how to govern themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Don't make a goat your friend if your skirt is made of plantation leaves, or else it will strip you naked.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If your husband has many wives, the only sure way for him into you're the bedroom is through a delicious meal.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Happiness is like a perfume, you cannot pour it all on others without allowing a few drops to fall on yourself.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
If you have escaped the jaws of the crocodile while bathing in the river, you will surely meet a leopard on the way.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
