20 Sayings of Beninese Origin

1. "Silence is an attribute of the dead; he who is alive speaks." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "When the mouse laughs at the car, there is a hole nearby." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "Fear a silent man. He has lips like a drum." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "Anyone who plants a tree before they die has not lived in vain." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "The misfortune that comes into town does not wear a turban." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "A great affair covers up a small matter." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "There is no god like one's stomach; we must sacrifice to it every day." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "Blacksmiths and woodworkers will never suffer from poverty." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "The world is a journey, the afterworld is home." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "We can only speak the truth when we turn off the light." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "The tortoise is friends with the snail, those with shells keep their shells close together." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "Everyone has his place, the dead in the cemetery and the living at the table." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "The young cannot teach tradition to the old." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Who throws stones at night, kills his own brother." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "What you give you get, ten times over." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "Work is the medicine for poverty." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Words are like spears, Once they leave your lips they can never come back." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "Many words do not fill a basket." (Beninese Sayings) Click to tweet