451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 18
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The king's ambassador is without sin.342.
The leech that does not let go even when it is filled, dies on the dry land.343.
The lion basks in the rays of the giraffes sun.344.
The lion's power lies in our fear of him.345.
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree said he would praise himself if no one else did.346.
The man being carried does not realize how far away the town really is.347.
The man that won't marry a woman with other admirers won't marry a woman at all.348.
The man who is honored, has first honored himself.349.
The man who remembers others, remembers also his creator.350.
The mouth that eats pepper is the one that the pepper influences.351.
The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is.352.
The one-eyed man thanks God only when he sees a man blind in both eyes.353.
The only insurance against fire is to have two houses.354.
The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks.355.
The ox will die but its harness remains.356.
The pillar of the world is hope.357.
The quarrel that doesn't concern you is pleasant to hear about.358.
The rat cannot call the cat to account.359.
The Rhinoceros never dances with the monkey.360.
The river may dry up but she keeps her name.