451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 15
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Only a mother would carry the child that bites.282.
Our elders quote the cock as saying that "it would not be good if one becomes the only person in the world, and that is why they crow every morning to show their number".283.
Our elders say that at sunset, it is one's cloth that one goes to remove from the village square.284.
Our examples are like seeds on a windy day, they spread far and wide.285.
Overabundance is not far from want.286.
Patient people are patient to gain longevity.287.
People in trouble remember Allah.288.
Preparing cocoyams for planting does not mean that they are already planted.289.
Profit is profit even in Mecca.290.
Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.291.
Rain does not make friends with anybody -- it falls on any person it meets outside.292.
Rat no dey born rabbit.293.
Rather than tell a lie to help a friend, it is better to assist him in paying the fine for his offense.294.
Seeing is better than hearing.295.
Sinews and big muscles do not make a farmer.296.
Sleep and indolence are not cousins of a good harvest.297.
Some birds avoid the water, ducks look for it.298.
Someone else's legs are no good to you when you're travelling.299.
Sometimes the rain might force a man more than once to seek shelter under the same tree.300.
Stupidity is the lover of ignorance.