Famous Proverbs
464 Proverbs about Niger / Page 17
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You do not need a big stick to break a cock's head.162.
Your own rags are better than another's gown.163.
If one goes to a land where they cut off ears, he should cut off his own and contribute them.164.
A goat owned by two people sleeps outside.165.
When a woman has ten children, there is nothing that happens in the night that she does not know about.166.
If you neglect the pot, it boils over and extinguishes the fire.167.
Preparing cocoyams for planting does not mean that they are already planted.168.
A man who lives alone is either always overworked, or always overfed.169.
A man who is trampled to death by an elephant is a man who is blind and deaf.170.
A hunter who has only one arrow does not shoot with careless aim.