42 Sayings of Burkinabe Origin

1. "The hand that gives is always above the one that receives." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "Your wife is for you alone, do not share her with strangers." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Every birth is the rebirth of an ancestor." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "If the ants get together, they can lift an elephant." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Everything has an end, except the banana which has two." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "A child, who loves culture and breeding, is a perfect child." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "The hen cannot say thank you to the mortar." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "If we lie, we are dead." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "If they wash your back, you yourself should wash your stomach." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Even if you leave a long piece of wood in the water, it will never become a crocodile." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "The wife is home." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "If you rub your back, then rub your face." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "If you haven't been to two marketplaces, you don't know which the best value is." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "The content of a peanut is enough for two friends to share it." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "If the water has not been disturbed, it is not deposited." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "If you do not have enough water to take a bath, wash your face." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "One can only believe the fish that says the eye of the crocodile is rotten." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "The value of a person is measured by the happiness he gave to others in life." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "The elephant is big but the child is small." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Knowledge is power." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "The tears do not save the man." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "If your father takes care of you until your teeth grow, take care of him until his fall." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "A hypocrite always has something to hide." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "Death is unable to speak of the ancestor." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "An axe does not cut down a tree by itself." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "Hunger is better than shame." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "The hand that is on top is better than the hand that is below." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "When a beautiful woman does not steal, she takes you." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "The glory of an old woman in her ears." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "If the river route changes, the caiman is obliged to follow." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "Even if you do not like the hare, at least recognize his speed!" (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "One hand does not pick up the flour." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "The mother is there, so is the child. Now all we need is the rain." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "Forgiveness, tolerance and wisdom are the language of strong men." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "After beating milk, butter is obtained." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "Only a thief can recognize the trace of another thief on a rock." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "Patience is a golden path." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "Ants surround the dying elephant." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "An old man who dies is a library burns." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "As long as the water does not disorder, it does not settle." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "He who speaks does not know that the listener is smart." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "A friend is better than a brother of the same mother." (Burkinabe Sayings) Click to tweet