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No matter how angry a rat may be it will be eaten by a cat.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how sharp a knife is, it can never cut its handle.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how good a hunting dog is it cannot kill a leopard.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about good, good luck

No matter how long the night is, the morning is sure to come.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about night

No matter how wise you are, you cannot trace footsteps in water.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about water

No matter how huge a hook may be it cannot catch fish in a river.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how much milk a cow has, you cannot milk butter from it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how much you feed a lizard it cannot become a crocodile.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how big the butterfly may be, it cannot be called a bat.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how rich a man may be he cannot sleep on two beds at ago.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, wealth, man

No matter how old you may be the future will always be ahead of you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about future, old, olderness

No matter how close the ear is to the eye they can't see each other.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how kind a man might be he cannot accept to share his wife.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wife, man

No matter how well tamed a lion, it will one day go back to the bush.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about day

It doesn't matter how slowly you walk, just as long as you don't stop.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how high the bird flies, a hunter sets is trap on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about hunters

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

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how painful the loss, the bereaved won't be buried with the corpse.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, man

No matter how powerful a man, he cannot make the rains fall on his farm alone.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fall, man