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Men die but words live on.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A parasite cannot live alone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A cowardly hyena lives longer.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Goats cannot live in a herd of leopards.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The evil everyone does lives after him or her.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about life

Sometimes you need to die in order to live again.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about order, need

Work is good, as long as you don't forget to live.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about work, good, good luck

It's better to live with a dumb person than a liar.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

If you live by the river you can hear the crab cough.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you live in a glasshouse you should not throw stones.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If you tell people to live together, you tell them to quarrel.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

If all snakes live together in one place who would approach them.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A fish will not live out of water but will prefer air to hot water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about air, water

A man should live to prove himself worth of his own flesh and blood.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about blood, man

No matter how long a bird lives in a cage, it will always want to escape.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about food, water

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

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bankers, man

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