Great Throughts Treasury

"One palm nut cannot be peeled twice."

"One strong man does not catch another strong man."

"One lie can annihilate a thousand truths."

"One lie ruins a thousand truths."

"One tree cannot be a forest."

"Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem."

"One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine."

"Only someone else can scratch your back for you."

"Only the fool points at his origins with his left hand."

"Only when you have crossed the river can you say the crocodile has a lump on his snout."

"Rain beats on a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots."

"Since the beggar would come any way, it's best to invite him first."

"People start preparing for the night when the day is still very young."

"People working on the slope of a mountain do not look at the buttocks of one another."

"Someone is already approaching, there is no need to say "Come here.""

"Salt does not praise itself."

"Something good is in a long life."

"Tasty soup draws seats to itself."

"The antelope says that if you stay at one spot in the forest for far too long, you will become thirsty."

"The "obereku" bird should be eaten hot."

"The army of the palm tree is its branches."

"The bitter heart eats its owner."

"The blacksmith in one village becomes a blacksmith's apprentice in another."

"The blood soup made of one palm nut is shared in little drops."

"The chicken is never declared in the court of hawks."

"The chicken that plays around the legs of the mother always gets worms to eat."

"The child who has not traveled anywhere before believes that his mother is the best cook."

"The cockerel drinking water raises its head to God in thankfulness."

"The chicken also knows when it's morning, but still watches the mouth of the cock."

"The creator of dance should not be excluded from it."

"The elders of the village are the boundaries."

"The frog does not eat hot chilies for the lizard to sweat."

"The family is like the forest: if you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position."

"The goat says: "Nobody willingly walks to his own death.""

"The goat says, "Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.""

"The good wife at her husband's home, the other one is at her parent's home."

"The goat says: "They bought my mother, not I.""

"The moon moves slowly, but it gets across the town."

"The mouth of the elderly smells but its not rotten."

"The goat says: "What will come has already come.""

"The hunter's name is always connected to the meat of the elephant."

"The goat says: "Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.""

"The left hand washes the right and the right washes the left."

"The monkey says that yawning is contagious."

"The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food."

"The hero shows his courage in the battle field not in the house."

"The monkey says there is nothing better than poverty to unlearn man of his conceit."

"The music lover carries the drums."

"The one who has ever been bitten by a snake is always scared whenever he sees an earth worm."

"The old woman cares for the chicken and the chicken cares for the old woman."