A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about family
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You don't have to climb the palm wine tree to drink palm wine.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wine, drinking, contentment
When one tries to shake a big tree, he ends up shaking himself.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about end
If you want to lean on a tree, first make sure it can hold you.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
Wisdom is like a baobab tree, no one individual can embrace it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about wisdom
A tree that refuses to dance will be made to do so by the wind.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about dance
During a storm you seek shelter under a tree and not the clouds.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
A strong tree shall always grow from the roots and not the seeds.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
He is a fool who praises the fruit of a tree and forgets its roots.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
The roughness of a cotton tree is not known until you get close to it.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
When there is a big tree, small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun
No matter how long a fallen tree stays in the river it can never be a crocodile.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
No matter how tall a tree might grow it will always shed its leaves on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If you debark a tree don't expect it to live again; you can only plant another of its kind.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about contentment
The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about greatness, 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
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about praise
It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about insects, fall, work
He who leans against a big tree will always find shade.
Proverbs and old sayings Albanian
The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about fall, americans
