It's the orator's wit to make a story appear old.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about old, olderness
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You cannot win a lottery without buying a ticket.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
What you may call small another will call it big.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
A fly that falls on your wound is more important.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
A woman's polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about beauty, woman
No chicken will fall into the fire a second time.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, fire, fire brigade, time
He who has brothers has more than riches can buy.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, commerce
If you're caught in a trap then you're the thief.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about trap, thieves, contentment
If you have ground nuts in your room expect rats.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
He who has got experience can milk a running cow.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about experience
A dog will not follow its owner to follow a king.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth
He who wants authority should never be a visitor.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about authority
Where there is a frog, the snake is not far away.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If you value piece and freedom you will loose it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about value, contentment
When one finger is swollen it affects the others.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The persons we eat with are the ones to kills us.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
The viper assumes the colors of his surroundings.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If a bird bills the rock then it trusts its beck.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about bills, rocks
The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
