Poverty is an older daughter of laziness.
More Senegalese Proverbs:
Don't try to make someone hate the person he loves, for he will still go on loving, but he will hate you.Senegalese
What a cow eats a calf drinks.
Senegalese
A rotten fish pollutes the whole kitchen.
Senegalese
The jungle is stronger than the elephant.
Senegalese
If a centipede loses a leg, it does not prevent him from walking.
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