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If you fill your head with pride you will lack space for wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about univers, proudness, wisdom, heads

To handle yourself use your head to handle others use your heart.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about use, heads, heart

If you break a coconut on a man's head, he will not enjoy eating it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, man

Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

The arrow that missed the head of its target will never hit the tail.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

You cannot reject the head of a cow simply because the eye scares you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

A husband may be the head of a home but the wife is the heart of a home.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, husband, wife, heads, heart

Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about advice, heads

When the head of a snake is cut off, the rest of his body is an ordinary rope.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about body, heads

You cannot stop birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads

If you keep your head and heart going in the right direction you don't have to worry about your feet.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about worry, rightness, heads, heart

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

You do not need a big stick to break a cock's head.

Proverbs and old sayings about need, heads

The heart sees farther than the head.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, heart, americans

The road to the head lies through the heart.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, heart, americans

If the heart is right, the head cannot be very far wrong.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about bad, rightness, heads, heart, americans

Education doesn't come by bumping your head against the school house.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about education, school, heads, home, house, americans

A full ear of corn will bend its head; an empty ear will stand upright.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, americans

You can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, americans

To put taghi's hat on naghi's head.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads