Beninese Proverbs
Sayings of Beninese Origin Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks. Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. Work is the medicine for poverty. The world is a journey, the afterworld is home. A great affair covers up a small matter. Anyone who plants a tree before they die has not lived in vain. Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing. Blacksmiths and woodworkers will never suffer from poverty. Everyone has his place: the dead in the cemetery and the living at the table. Fear a silent man. He has lips like a drum. Many words do not fill a basket. The misfortune that comes into town does not wear a turban. The tortoise is friends with the snail: those with shells keep their shells close together. The young cannot teach tradition to the old. There is no god like one's stomach; we must sacrifice to it every day. We can only speak the truth when we turn off the light. What you...