451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 17
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The elders of a community are the voice of God.322.
The elephant and the tiger do not go hunting on the same pasture.323.
The elephant's track treads out the camel's.324.
The eye of a crow boiled at the new moon brings good luck for the New Year.325.
The family is like the forest. If you are outside, it is dense; if you are inside, you see that each tree has its own position.326.
The fire that burns a royal palace only enhances its splendor.327.
The fish that can see that its water is getting shallower, cannot be stranded.328.
The fly that has no one to advise it follows the corpse into the grave.329.
The fowl perspires, but the feathers do not allow us to see the perspiration.330.
The frog does not jump in the daytime without reason.331.
The glow-works light the nights, but more so the night that their mother prepares porridge.332.
The gods may still send a gentle breeze when they want to bless us.333.
The gods only hear one wish at a time, and nothing more.334.
The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength.335.
The head could not have got to where it is now if it did not give.336.
The head of your neighbor is a kingdom and his heart a wood.337.
The heap of yams you will reap depends upon the number of mounds you have plowed.338.
The house roof fights the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.339.
The house sweeper's buttock is never at one direction.340.
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.