The knife that has been lent, never comes back alone.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
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The person you put on your back is one who bites you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, contentment
He who defects on the way finds flies on his way back.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about defects
Ashes will always blow back into the face of the thrower.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about face
The visitor who goes away without eating never comes back.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A baby on its mother's back doesn't know the journey is long.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about mother
There is no point in living if we cannot take back our culture.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about culture
He who doesn't find is way back from the forest gets lost within it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
No matter how well tamed a lion, it will one day go back to the bush.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about day
When there is a big tree, small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun
Whoever rides on the lion's back must surely end up in the lion's stomach.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end
If you go to your in-laws you do not come back empty handed but with a cock.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
You cannot expect me to carry you on my back and then you say my head smells.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, contentment
He who is carried on another's back does not appreciate how far off the town is.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about city
Life is like a mirror if you fawn it, it fawns back and if you smile, it smiles.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about smile, life, contentment
Worry is like a rocking chair it swings you back and forth and it takes you nowhere.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about worry, contentment
If a mother steals with a child stripped in the back what do you expect of the child.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother, contentment
They laugh at you when your going but when you came back with a load they're a shamed.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
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
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
