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Nigerian Proverbs - page 3
We do not use our bare feet to search for hidden thorns which we have seen in day time.
Nigerian Proverb
Children of the same mother do not always agree.
Nigerian Proverb
Dead though the oil-palm may be, the maggot in it lives on.
Nigerian Proverb
The stars shine brightest when the moon is gone.
Nigerian Proverb
The stone in the water does not know how hot the hill is, parched by the sun.
Nigerian Proverb
The well gives, but the bucket refuses.
Nigerian Proverb
The lion basks in the rays of the giraffes sun.
Nigerian Proverb
The one-eyed man thanks God only when he sees a man blind in both eyes.
Nigerian Proverb
The only insurance against fire is to have two houses.
Nigerian Proverb
The pillar of the world is hope.
Nigerian Proverb
He who lives in the attic knows where the roof leaks.
Nigerian Proverb
He who pursues an innocent chicken always stumbles.
Nigerian Proverb
He who wishes to barter, does not like his belongings.
Nigerian Proverb
Horns do not grow before the head.
Nigerian Proverb
However far the stream flows, it never forgets its source.
Nigerian Proverb
The fish that can see that its water is getting shallower, cannot be stranded.
Nigerian Proverb
The fly that has no one to advise it follows the corpse into the grave.
Nigerian Proverb
The fowl perspires, but the feathers do not allow us to see the perspiration.
Nigerian Proverb
The head could not have got to where it is now if it did not give.
Nigerian Proverb
The heap of yams you will reap depends upon the number of mounds you have plowed.
Nigerian Proverb
The house roof fights the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.
Nigerian Proverb
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.
Nigerian Proverb
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