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
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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
Youths talk first and then listen, the elderly listen and then talk.
Proverbs and old sayings
Youths look at the future, the elderly at the past, our ancestors live in the present.
Proverbs and old sayings about ancestors, present, future, past
Deceit sleeps with greed.
Proverbs and old sayings about lie, greed
The lame runs if he has to.
Proverbs and old sayings
A cleaved head no longer plots.
Proverbs and old sayings about heads
The madman often tells the truth.
Proverbs and old sayings about truth
No friend is he who but flatters.
Proverbs and old sayings
A boy's will is the will of the wind.
Proverbs and old sayings
Put to the sword those that disagree.
Proverbs and old sayings
The summer moments always pass quickly.
Proverbs and old sayings
He hath need of his wits who wanders wide.
Proverbs and old sayings about need
The wolf and the dog do not play together.
Proverbs and old sayings
Let none put faith in the first sown fruit.
Proverbs and old sayings about faith
