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Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about power, people

A ruined people are as miserable as a dog in the house of death.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about death, home, house, people

Almost everyone is mad but some people can control there madness.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

To be able to love other people you must be able to love yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about love, people

The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, nothing

Wars are created by people to old to fight for those to young to die.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fight, people, old, olderness

An elephant grows and becomes an adult, even if people do not like it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

People are like chameleons; circumstances make them change their colour.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about circumstances, change, people

A sick way between two people can only be cared for if the two of them die.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

Ideas are worth a dime dozen, but people who put them into action are priceless.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about action, people

People should not talk while they are eating or pepper may go down the wrong way.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad, people

Old people's speech is not to be dishonored -- after all, they saw the sun first.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun, people, old, olderness

If money where to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about money, people

A leader is he who tells his people what they must hear, not what they want to hear.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

People who drink to drown their sorrows, should be told that sorrow knows how to swim.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sadness, drinking, people

A person who wants to see is people progress must first set to look into their tradition.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about progress, tradition, people

People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?

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

The palm-wine we drink, some people can drink it and remain wise; others lose all their senses.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about drinking, wine, people

It is in the house of a coward that people gather and point to the tomb of yesterday's warrior.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house, people

You can teach other people how to learn other languages but you can't teach them how to govern themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people