451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 13
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It takes a village to raise a child.242.
It takes a whole village to educate a child.243.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.244.
It takes all sorts to make a world.245.
Jealousy is as ash.246.
Languages differ but coughs are the same.247.
Lending is the firstborn of poverty.248.
Leopards lurk in dark corners.249.
Let's fight, let's fight, no one knows whom fighting would favor.250.
Look for a black goat while it is still daytime.251.
Love is better than a whip.252.
Man is like pepper -- you only know him when you've ground him.253.
Marriage is like a groundnut, you have to crack it to see what is inside.254.
Meat does not eat meat.255.
Midday sun is the remedy for a cold.256.
Money does not announce how it is earned but whereas properly earned money appreciates, improperly earned money depreciates.257.
Money has the capability of making people laugh; but when they laugh, the foolish ones sometimes forget to close their mouths.258.
Money kills more than do weapons.259.
More than one mother can make tasty soup.260.
Mother's soup is always the best in the world.