Famous Proverbs
464 Proverbs about Niger / Page 28
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The alcohol that is insufficient for a whole town ought not to intoxicate one man.272.
The leech that does not let go even when it is filled, dies on the dry land.273.
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.274.
If a man is not clean and smooth, there is nothing he can really do about pride.275.
Even an old woman may run when a goat carries her snuff-box.276.
A man who is advised and he takes it, is still a man who acts from his own free will.277.
When a ripe fruit sees an honest man, it drops.278.
It is one person in a street that kills a dog and the street is named a street of dog killers.279.
When a fowl gets to a new town, it stands on one leg until it knows that it is a town where people stand on their two legs.280.
When a face is sullen it remains there to be seen on its owner.