63 Proverbs about Palm / Page 2
21. There are no short cuts to the top of a palm tree.
22. You don't have to climb the palm wine tree to drink palm wine.
23. Those whose palm-kernels were cracked for them by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.
24. When you see a palm tree, the palm tree has seen you.
25. A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.
26. An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.
27. When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.
28. A finger's length in a sword, and a palm in a lance, are a great advantage.
29. It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees.
30. The drunkard's money is being consumed by palm-wine trapper.
31. If the palmwine tapper is praised, he dilutes the palm-wine with water.
32. Do not abuse palm-wine tappers while drunkness persists.
33. Don't quarrel with the coconut-palm climber: the coconut has been eaten by the moon.
34. It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees.
35. Mock the palm tree only when the date harvest is over.
36. If nothing touches the palm-leaves they do not rustle.
37. Man is like palm-wine: when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh.
38. The nuts from a palm tree don't fall without dragging a few leaves with it.
39. Though the palm tree in the jungle is big, who knows how big its yield will be?
40. The rattan basket criticizes the palm leaf basket, still both are full of holes.
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