Sierra Leonean Proverbs

I grew up among wise men and found that there is nothing better for man than silence. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

I grew up among wise men and found that there is nothing better for man than silence.

An orange never bears a lime. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

An orange never bears a lime.

He who refuses a gift will not fill his barn. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

He who refuses a gift will not fill his barn.

When a single hair has fallen from your head, you are not yet bald. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

When a single hair has fallen from your head, you are not yet bald.

Sweet rice is eaten quickly. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Sweet rice is eaten quickly.

However full the house, the hen finds a corner to lay in. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

However full the house, the hen finds a corner to lay in.

Death is the key that will open a miser’s coffers. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Death is the key that will open a miser’s coffers.

Only a monkey understands a monkey. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Only a monkey understands a monkey.

It is the wandering dog that finds the old bone. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

It is the wandering dog that finds the old bone.

A hundred aunts is not the same as one mother. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

A hundred aunts is not the same as one mother.

The elephant’s head is no load for a child. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

The elephant’s head is no load for a child.

A black cow also gives white milk. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

A black cow also gives white milk.

He who upsets something should know how to put it back again. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

He who upsets something should know how to put it back again.

Even though chickens don’t wash, their eggs are still white. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Even though chickens don’t wash, their eggs are still white.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Do not tell the man who is carrying you that he stinks. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Do not tell the man who is carrying you that he stinks.

It is better to be loved than feared. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

It is better to be loved than feared.

Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.

Knowledge is not the main thing, but deeds. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Knowledge is not the main thing, but deeds.

Invite people into your parlor, and they will come into your bedroom. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Invite people into your parlor, and they will come into your bedroom.

Proverbs are the children of experience. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Proverbs are the children of experience.

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die.

The big fish is caught with big bait. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

The big fish is caught with big bait.

The cow must graze where she is tied. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

The cow must graze where she is tied.

To try and fail is not laziness. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

To try and fail is not laziness.

A paddle here, a paddle there — the canoe stays still. Sierra Leonean Proverbs Image

A paddle here, a paddle there — the canoe stays still.

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