Famous Proverbs
464 Proverbs about Niger / Page 27
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The bird that remembers its flockmates, never missed the way.262.
The head could not have got to where it is now if it did not give.263.
A performing masquerade who tries too hard to outclass his colleagues may expose his anus.264.
It is from a small seed that the giant Iroko tree has its beginning.265.
A family name is not cooked and eaten, one's life is the thing.266.
A good name is better than gold.267.
He who is courteous is not a fool.268.
The fowl perspires, but the feathers do not allow us to see the perspiration.269.
Those who are carrying elephants home on their heads, need not use their toes to dig up crickets on the way.270.
One can only try to get what one can from the head of an elephant, no one ever carries it home.