Nigerian Proverbs - page 14

Old age does not come in just one day. (Nigerian Proverb)
Rather than tell a lie to help a friend, it is better to assist him in paying the fine for his offense. View proverb
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You do not look for a black sheep at night. View proverb
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A bush fowls' playground is never appreciably spacious. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Every river knows where its water would not be soaked up into the earth, and that is where it flows past. View proverb
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If a drum is not made, it is the fault of the master; but if the drum is made and is not beaten, then that is the fault of the boys. View proverb
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If you don't wish to have rags for clothes, don't play with a dog. View proverb
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You know who you love, but you can't know who loves you. View proverb
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If you have one finger pointing at somebody, you have three pointing towards yourself. View proverb
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Sleep and indolence are not cousins of a good harvest. View proverb
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Being happy in one's home is better than being a chief. (Nigerian Proverb)
The spider that knows what it will gain sits waiting patiently in its web. The praying mantis is never tired waiting all day. View proverb
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When the laborer is praised, his cutlass begins to cut more keenly. View proverb
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Fine words do not produce food. View proverb
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People in trouble remember Allah. View proverb
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Seeing is better than hearing. View proverb
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A wealthy man will always have followers. View proverb
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The elephant's track treads out the camel's. View proverb
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Abundance will make cotton pull a stone. View proverb
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Meat does not eat meat. View proverb
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You cannot roast corn with two eyes. (Nigerian Proverb)
Even in Mecca people make money. View proverb
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A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground. View proverb
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A woman who is not successful in her own marriage has no advice to give to her younger generations. View proverb
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If hunger forces a farmer in a particular year to eat both his yam tubers and the seed-yams, the succeeding years would still be worse because he would have no yams to eat and none to plant. View proverb
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