143 Ghanaian Proverbs / Page 3
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If the goat says it will become a sheep, there will always be black spots on its body.42.
If the hunter comes back with mushrooms, don't ask him how his hunt was.43.
If the strong man has nothing else, he can at least command others.44.
If the young palm tree wants to stay alive, it grows next to the odum tree.45.
If there were no elephant in the jungle, the buffalo would be a great animal.46.
If things are getting easier, maybe you're headed downhill.47.
If two proverbs are not similar, one is not used to explain the other.48.
If two selfish young men sit next to a pot of water, the water spills out on the ground.49.
If we knew where death resided, we would never stay there.50.
If you are in hiding, don't light a fire.51.
If you come near the river, you will hear the crab cough.52.
If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.53.
If you go too near your relatives, they will not respect you.54.
If you take your tongue to the pawnshop, you can't redeem it later.55.
If youthful pride were wealth, then every man would have had it in his lifetime.56.
It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.57.
It is Mr. Old-Man-Monkey who marries Mrs. Old-Woman-Monkey.58.
It is no shame at all to work for money.59.
It is not only one person who bathes in the witch's water.60.
It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.