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It's always hard to convince a hungry person.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun

For one to succeed in life, one has to work hard.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about work, life

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade

Eating tough meat is always harder for a toothless lion.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

It will be fool's hardy for the ant to chase an elephant.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A difficult journey will make you daring and harden your will.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Nicknames are the hardest stones the devil can throw at a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about devil, man

A man who does no hard work will never know the value of rest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about value, work, man

The two hardest things in life to handle are success and failure.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about failure, life, things

It is hard even for the most selfish man to eat fish in the darkness.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

It's the tortoise's shell, ugly and hard that protects its life long journey on earth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about earth, life

A wound given by a word is many times harder to cure than that which is given by the sword.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about word

An egg shouldn't be deceived by the hardness of its shell; it cannot challenge a stone in a fight.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight

Fools fall the hardest.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fall, americans

Death and taxes may be hard to beat.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about death, americans

The first hundred years are the hardest.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The older the fool, the harder he falls.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

Friends and mules fail us in hard places.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

The higher they fly, the harder they fall.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about fall, americans