Ghana Proverbs - page 6

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine. (Ghana Proverb)
A woman is like a blanket: If you cover yourself with it, it bothers you; if you throw it aside you will feel the cold. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
You cannot kill an elephant with bullets of wax. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
No one tests the depth of the river with both feet. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
You make a new arrow by comparing it to an old one. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
The responsibility of power is like holding an egg. Grasp it too tightly and it will drip through your fingers; hold it too loosely and it will drop and break. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
If the building of a nest were easy, would the little "apatipers" bird roost in the fork of a tree? View proverb
Ghana Proverb
When a deceiving man tells you to climb a tree, tell him to climb it first. If he finds a comfortable spot you can follow him. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
It is no shame at all to work for money. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
When a woman is hungry, she says, "Roast something for the children that they may eat." View proverb
Ghana Proverb
It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man. (Ghana Proverb)
Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
The monkey says there is nothing better than poverty to unlearn man of his conceit. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
One is born, one dies; the land increases. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
If you take your tongue to the pawnshop, you can't redeem it later. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
Those who are absent are always wrong. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
A brave man dies once, a coward a thousand times. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
The chicken also knows when it's morning, but still watches the mouth of the cock. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
Hunger is felt by slave and king alike. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
He who marries a real beauty is seeking trouble. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
Loving someone who does not love you is like loving the rain that falls in the forest. (Ghana Proverb)
If you are on a road to nowhere, find another road. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
When rain beats on a leopard it wets it, but rain does not wash out its spots. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
You must act as if it is impossible to fail. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
It is mr. Old-man-monkey who marries mrs. Old-woman-monkey. View proverb
Ghana Proverb
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