A person who is always looking at the sky will never discover anything on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sky, people
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A bird may fly off the earth and land on an anthill, but it will still be on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth
A person who is carrying an elephant on his head should not use his feet to tap snails on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about use, heads, people
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
Monkeys don't advise there young ones to be careful on trees they just remind them of the distance to the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
If you do not have sandals, find some, if you do not have gun powder, find some for a score to settle with you on the battle grounds.
Proverbs and old sayings
He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings
When you go to someone else's house and the owner is squatting there on the ground, you do not ask for a stool.
Proverbs and old sayings about home, house
A Haughty person will not even reach down to take his own nose if it had fallen to the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about proudness, people
A one hundred yard high tower still has its foundation on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about garden
No matter how tall the tree is, its leaves will always fall to the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about fall
Even a tower a hundred yards tall has still its foundations on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food
A bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about food
Who never built a house thinks that the walls grow out of the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about home, house
A ripe pear is more likely to fall in the shit than onto the clean ground.
Proverbs and old sayings German about fall
The white man lives in the castle; when he dies, he lies in the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Ghanaian about man
However high you lift the kid goat, you place it gently on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan
If two selfish young men sit next to a pot of water, the water spills out on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about water, man
No matter how beautiful the shoes are, they still have to go on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Hatian
