If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up?
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man
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163 proverbs and old sayings nigerian
A thorn that pierces the toe should be burned by the light of a new moon lest the devil possess the foot.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about moon, light, devil
A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about tests, tears
A farmer does not boast that he has had a good harvest until his stock of yams lasts till the following harvest season.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about season, good, good luck
A herbalist that refuses to ask laymen what leaves he looks for in the bush, must have difficulties getting what he wants.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about difficulties
A bag that says it will not take more, and a traditional doctor who says he would not leave anything behind are both sure to suffer.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about suffering
A farmer who would not work inside the rain and would not work under the sun, would have nothing to harvest at the end of the farming year.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about work, rain, sun, end, nothing
A person who picks something and decides to make it his own, ought to think how he would feel if he was the person who lost the property he picked.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about people
A mouse that removes the palm-nut that turns out to be the bait of a trap, would already have known that the palm-nut does not ripen on the ground.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about trap
Not to know the good we have Till time has stolen the cherish'd gift away, Is cause of half the misery that we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about gifts, world, time, good, good luck
A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about husband, stores
A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about time, good, good luck
Work is the medicine for poverty.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about medicine, poverty, work
Patching makes a garment last long.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
What you give you get, ten times over.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
Medicine left in the bottle can't help.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about medicine, help
A stammerer would eventually say father.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian
The bell rings loudest in your own home.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about home
One who waits for chance may wait a year.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about chance
A man with a cough cannot conceal himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man
