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He who knows that he has enough is rich.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth

Where there is no wealth there is no poverty.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, poverty

Your brother's pocket cannot keep your wealth.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth

Even if you're rich, you cannot bury yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth

If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth

Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, love

If your brother is rich it doesn't mean you're rich.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth

He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about peace, wealth, good, good luck

The rich have no heart, the lake never floats a pin.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, heart

A man with a good will is not only rich but also wise.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, good, good luck, man

The wealth of the greedy ultimately goes to the community.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth

If you get rich, be in a dark corner when you jump for joy.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dark, joy, wealth

No matter how poor a village, there is always one rich man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, man

He who burns down his house knows why ashes cost a fortune.

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

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

When you are rich, you are hated; when you are poor, you are despised.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth

To neglect one's ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about failure, ancestors, wealth, life

He who is drunk from wine can sober up, he who is drunk from wealth cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about wealth, wine

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

Knowledge is better than wealth, you have to look after wealth, but knowledge looks after you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about knowledge, wealth