Famous Proverbs
464 Proverbs about Niger / Page 36
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Dead though the oil-palm may be, the maggot in it lives on.352.
When a fire starts from the shrine, no precaution can be possible.353.
Beetles that roll balls out of human faeces demand to be hidden away from the rich man, because there is nothing he wouldn't buy.354.
Our elders quote the cock as saying that "it would not be good if one becomes the only person in the world, and that is why they crow every morning to show their number".355.
A strong man is remembered on the day of the fight, and a gluttony on the day pounded yam is surplus.356.
Beauty is not sold and eaten.357.
A masquerade is not a spirit only because of its mask.358.
When a woman prepares a dish which others find unpalatable, she says that she prepared it to suit her own taste.359.
At a time a cockerel matures, it begins to crow to tell the world the time of day.360.
They are the gods themselves that white-wash the fruits of the pumpkins.