Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing.
More Beninese Proverbs:
Fear a silent man. He has lips like a drum.Beninese
There is no god like one's stomach; we must sacrifice to it every day.
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The young cannot teach tradition to the old.
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The misfortune that comes into town does not wear a turban.
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Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks.
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A great affair covers up a small matter.
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