You cannot run and scratch your ass at the same time.
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
Man is always in a scurry.
Senegalese
All birds will flock to a fruitful tree.
Senegalese
Kings have no friends.
Senegalese
Nobody tells all he knows.
Senegalese
The teeth of a man serve as a fence.
Senegalese