Don’t butter the skillet before catching the fish.
More Togolese Proverbs:
A woman's tongue is sharp enough to pierce the toughest flesh.Togolese
Breed up a serpent and he will strike when you are in deep slumber.
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Good stew is best to be made in an old pot.
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Every rhinoceros is proud of its horn.
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He bawls like a calf because he is as weak as a kitten.
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We are all flesh and blood of the earth and so will return to the ground as rotten maggot encrusted relics.
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