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You cannot shave a man's head in his absence.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads, man, contentment

If you don't sell your head, no one will buy it.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about commerce, heads, contentment

If something that was going to chop off your head only knocked off your cap, you should be grateful.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads, contentment

A drunkard is like a whisky bottle only neck and belly but no head.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

Whenever lightening strikes, everyone runs to cover his or her own head.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

That you don't give birth too, you let him or her carry a stone on the head.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, 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

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 heads, man

He that fights for a ne'er-do-well has nothing to show for it except a head covered in earth and grime.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth, heads, nothing

A long skirt wraps around the leg, a long tongue wraps around the head.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads

If you want to hit your mother-in-law, be sure to split her head.

Proverbs and old sayings about law, mother, heads, contentment

Unfortunate is the man who has no fingernails to scratch his head with.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads, man

Stand away from dwarfs, for it's God who hit them on the head.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about heads, god

A pain in the foot is soon forgotten -- a pain in the head is not.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about pain, heads

Why didn't the midwife, who cut your naval string, cut your head instead?

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about heads

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sadness, heads, contentment

You can't tell the cost of food and fuel without being the head of a household; you can't appreciate the love of your parents without having children of your own.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about parents, food, being, children, heads, love, contentment

Listening looks easy, but it's not that simple. Every head is a world.

Proverbs and old sayings Cuban about world, heads