People who drink to drown their sorrows, should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
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1047 proverbs and old sayings about people
A person who wants to see is people progress must first set to look into their tradition.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
The sun shines on those who are standing before it shines on the people kneeling under them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
The strongest person among men is not he who fights everyone but is he who controls is anger.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
The smoke caused by meat which is roasted does not cause pain in the eyes of a hungry person.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
It is not the things in the soup that I am afraid of but perhaps the person I am eating with.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
A person's cleverness is not shown by how many words he utters at once but how he utters them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
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 people
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 people
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 people
A person who is carrying an elephant on his head should not use his feet to tap snails on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
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 people
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 people
In a community it's better every person to have a little of something than one person to have everything.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
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 people
The person who is coming from the bowels of the earth doesn't despise even the smallest amount of sunshine.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
The radiant and well-understood speech of one person is better than the speech of a thousand people that is not.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
A kola nut is small, but it is more important that it goes round to each person and not that it fills the stomach.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
If you dig a hole to bury a person but instead of burying that person you may be the one to be buried in this place.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
