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 man
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
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 man
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
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 man
A man who touches the bottom of a soup plate with a ball of foofoo is no longer searching for soup.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
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 man
No matter how often a man quarrels with his wife he doesn't do so during the hours lending to bedtime.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
A man does not run among thorns for no reason; either he is chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
The miserly man is like a fattened ox: he will give of his fat only when he has been deprived of his life.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
If a man returns from a long journey and no one says welcome back to him he feels like one who has not arrived.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
He is a wise man who has no worries about the things he doesn't have but he rejoices for those things that he has.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
A leopard is such an elusive animal that it can only be caught by the combined force of a man and his father-in-law.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
There are three things that a man must know to survive in this world: what is too much for him, what is too little, and what is just right.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
It is not right to ask a man with elephantiasis of the scrotum to take on small pox as well, when thousands of other people have not had even their share of small diseases.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about man
There was anguish before there was man.
Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about man
The man who has eaten enough will never believe a hungry one.
Proverbs and old sayings Albanian about man
When a hundred men call a wise man a fool, then he becomes a fool.