Proverbs and old sayings West African about Man, page 8

186 proverbs and old sayings west african about man

Don't question a blind man for buying a mirror, it must serve him some purpose.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A wind can move the branches of trees but it will never move the head of a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

When a man raises his voice at home, know that he started lowering if elsewhere.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

To a man who only has a hammer in his tool kit, every problem looks like a nail.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

The mouth of an elderly man is without teeth, but never without words of wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A man who lives on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A man who lives on the banks of the river should not wash his hands with spittle.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

Every old man was once a young man but not every young man will become an old man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A man accused of stealing a goat should not entertain his visitors with goats meat.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

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 a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

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 man

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 man

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 man

A hungry man will thrust his fingers into a snake's hole in search of a grasshopper.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

An old man's mouth produces a bad smell but the words that come out of it are sweet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

He that beats the drum for the mad man to dance is no better than the mad man himself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A man has to hold his mouth open a long time before a roasted partridge flies into it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

When a man cheats on you once, shame on him, when he cheats on you twice, shame on you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man