611 Proverbs about Wise / Page 9
161. It's wise to do what you're born to do.
162. No matter how wise you are, you cannot trace footsteps in water.
163. Wise sayings are men.
164. Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise.
165. The cock that loses its pace time of cockadoodle should be dressed otherwise it will misguide you.
166. The palm-wine we drink, some people can drink it and remain wise; others lose all their senses.
167. The sayings of the wise are like the sharp sticks that shepherds use to guide sheep.
168. The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
169. The words of the wise become sweet the day after.
170. There is a wise reason why a cock can't sound like a turkey.
171. What makes a fool excited now a wise person had heard before and isn't excited.
172. When many trees fall on top of one another, a wise man removes the one on top first.
173. Where there are no fools, there would be no wise men.
174. You should know what's being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
175. A king is like a lake, you can't dispense him, otherwise, you risk drowning.
176. A fool may chance to put something into a wise man's head.
177. The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
178. We start as fools and become wise through experience.
179. A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.
180. People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?
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