The always-hurrying person eats goat, but the one who takes his time eats beef.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, time
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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
The person you know during daytime should also be recognisable during night time.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about night, people, time
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
By the time you tell a secret to a mad person then a normal person you cannot see.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, secret, time
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
A person who has not secured a place on the floor should not begin to look for a mat.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
A person who is always looking at the sky will never discover anything on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sky, people
Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about secret, 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
The sun shines on those who are standing before it shines on the people kneeling under them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about sun, 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 strongest person among men is not he who fights everyone but is he who controls is anger.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about anger, people, man
The smoke caused by meat which is roasted does not cause pain in the eyes of a hungry person.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about smoke, pain, eyes, people
It is not the things in the soup that I am afraid of but perhaps the person I am eating with.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people, things
A person's cleverness is not shown by how many words he utters at once but how he utters them.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about people
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
