Nigerian Proverbs - page 8

A herbalist that refuses to ask laymen what leaves he looks for in the bush, must have difficulties getting what he wants. (Nigerian Proverb)
A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A hunter who has only one arrow does not shoot with careless aim. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A laughing jackal portends a witch in the rafters. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A man who eases himself in public, gives cause to others to despise him. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A man who has one finger pointing at another has three pointing towards himself. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A man who is advised and he takes it, is still a man who acts from his own free will. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
You can't use your hand to force the sun to set. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
You cannot compare the living with the dead. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Your own rags are better than another's gown. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A bottle of oil warmed over the fire has no means of producing oil by itself. (Nigerian Proverb)
A child who has no mother will not have scars to show on his back. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A farmer does not boast that he has had a good harvest until his stock of yams lasts till the following harvest season. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A farmer who would not work inside the rain and would not work under the sun, would have nothing to harvest at the end of the farming year. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A masquerade is not a spirit only because of its mask. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A mouse that removes the palm-nut that turns out to be the bait of a trap, would already have known that the palm-nut does not ripen on the ground. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A person who picks something and decides to make it his own, ought to think how he would feel if he was the person who lost the property he picked. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A piece of iron can only become what the blacksmith says it should become. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When the right hand washes the left hand and the left hand washes the right hand, both hands become clean. (Nigerian Proverb)
When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When the teeth fall off, the nose is sure to collapse. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When you cook a guinea fowl, the partridge gets a headache. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Wherever something stands, another thing stands beside it. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb