451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 7
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Even when fire has done its very worst, one still has to resort to it.122.
Every fault is laid at the door of the hyena, but it does not steal a bale of cloth.123.
Every kind of love is love, but self-love is supreme among them.124.
Every river knows where its water would not be soaked up into the earth, and that is where it flows past.125.
Everybody joins to blame or condemn a child who overthrows the pot of soup.126.
Evil knows where evil sleeps.127.
Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect.128.
Fine words do not produce food.129.
Fire has no brother.130.
Fishing without a net is just bathing.131.
Flog my erring child comes from the lips, "don't hurt him/her" comes from the bottom of the heart.132.
Fowls will not spare a cockroach that falls in their mist.133.
From the well of envy, only a fool drinks the water.134.
God keeps away flies from the tailless cow.135.
Grass does not grow on the nose of a thief.136.
Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.137.
Guilt is like the footprint of a hippopotamus.138.
He who boasts much can do little.139.
He who digs a pit for others must invariably fall into it.140.
He who does not look ahead always remains behind.