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A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about rain, day

A river doesn't flow through the forest without felling the trees.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A river doesn't run straight because there was nobody to advise it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

When the river dries up, we will all see where the crocodile sleeps.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

You can take a goat to the river, but you can't make it drink the water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking, water, contentment

The weed that grows by the riverbank will not suffer the effect of draught.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about suffering

No matter how long a stick may stay in a river, it will never change into fish.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about change, fishing

No matter how long a fallen tree stays in the river it can never be a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A man who lives on the banks of the river should not wash his hands with spittle.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bankers, man

Those who have not crossed the river yet should not laugh at those who are drowning.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Any dead fish can flow down the river but it takes a live one to swim back up stream.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fishing

However long the dry season takes a seasonal river will never forget where it used to pass.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about season

If the fish comes out of the river to tell you that the crocodile has one eye, you should believe it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about faith, fishing, contentment

It's useless to tell a river to stop running; the best thing is to learn how to swim in the direction it's flowing.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about things

Cross the loud river but don't cross the silent one

Proverbs and old sayings Algerian

Little brooks make great rivers.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about beginning, americans

Any visitor to the country who drinks from the River Bengo will never want to leave.

Proverbs and old sayings Angolan about country

An unjust king is like a river without water.

Proverbs and old sayings about water

If man be a river, then woman will be a bridge.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, man