Man Proverbs - page 70

When a ripe fruit sees an honest man, it drops. (Nigerian Proverb)
When a soup is unpalatable, and the paste of the pounded yam that goes with it is not smooth, that is the time to know a man who loves to eat pounded yam. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When it is the turn of a man to become the head of a village, he does not need to diviner to tell him that he is destined to rule. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
When man pikin dey piss, him dey hold something for hand. Woman wey try-am, go piss for her hand. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
How can man be remembered when the giant trees in the forest are soon forgotten. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
However much the world degenerates, man shall never find worms in salt. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
If a blind man says lets throw stones, be assured that he has stepped on one. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
If a man is not clean and smooth, there is nothing he can really do about pride. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
The death that will kill a man begins as an appetite. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
Man is like pepper -- you only know him when you've ground him. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A wise man who knows proverbs can reconcile difficulties. (Nigerian Proverb)
It is what the eyes of one man sees that is described as a boa constrictor. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A wealthy man will always have followers. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
You can't jump from one tree to another but you can from one man to another. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
The man that won't marry a woman with other admirers won't marry a woman at all. View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
It is a lazy man who says "it is only because I have no time that my farm is overgrown with weeds". View proverb
Nigerian Proverb
A man and a sheaf of straw make two. View proverb
Maltese Proverb
The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases. View proverb
Maltese Proverb
I am dead. It is as if everybody were dead. Let the man left behind shut the door if he wants to. View proverb
Maltese Proverb
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. View proverb
Haitian Proverb
It is best to ask a man who manages on his own. (Faroese Proverb)
It is good to wait for a man that is alive. View proverb
Faroese Proverb
A boatless man is tied up. View proverb
Faroese Proverb
A man without a knife, is a man without a life. View proverb
Faroese Proverb
Blind is the bookless man. View proverb
Faroese Proverb