A great affair covers up a small matter.
More Beninese Proverbs:
The misfortune that comes into town does not wear a turban.Beninese
Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing.
Beninese
Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.
Beninese
Who throws stones at night, kills his own brother.
Beninese
Fear a silent man. He has lips like a drum.
Beninese
The young cannot teach tradition to the old.
Beninese