The coffin seller wants a long life for himself and a short life for others.
More African Proverbs:
It is when one holds the sacrificial lamb that he begins to seek the gods.African
If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.
African
A talkative person is a traveller when he is tired, he keeps quiet.
African
One with more firewood than you, has more ash than you.
African
You can only know the fleas in the bed you have slept in.
African
Sweet and sour walk hand in hand.
African