When the door is closed, you must learn to slide across the crack of the sill.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
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If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
Truth came to market but could not be sold; however, we buy lies with ready cash.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about stores, commerce, truth
One takes care of one's own: when a bachelor roasts yam, he share's it with his sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
The pot-lid is always badly off: the pot gets all the sweet, the lid nothing but steam.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about nothing
We must blame the thief first before we say that where the owner put her property improper.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about thieves
Those who die through ignorance are many; those who die because they are intelligent are few.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about ignorance, death
When you stand with the blessings of your mother and God, it matters not who stands against you.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about mother, god
As long as there are lice in the seams of the garment there must be bloodstains on the fingernails.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
If something that was going to chop off your head only knocked off your cap, you should be grateful.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about heads
The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children
Rather than an abatement of her viciousness, a witch gives birth to only female children and witchcraft multiplies.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about children
When your neighbor's horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about fall, children
A man's first wife never complains of neglect from the penis, the first morsel never complains of insufficient sauce.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about wife, man
Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about friendship, home, house
A good rest is half the work.
Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about rest, work, good, good luck
Complain to one who can help you.
Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about help
If you wish to know what a man is, place him in authority.
Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about authority, wish, man
Don't guild the lily.
Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian
Tell the truth and run.
Proverbs and old sayings Yugoslavian about truth
