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| Nigerian proverb
"Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback.A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting.A rat is not born a rabbit.A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigritude.A traveler to distant places should make no enemies.An old man is there to talk.Fine words do not produce food.Hold a true friend with both your hands. If a blind man says, "Let's throw stones," be assured that he has stepped on one.If a monkey is amongst dogs, why won't it start barking.If crocodiles eat their own eggs, what would they do to the flesh of a frog?If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up?It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.It takes a village to raise a child.No sane person sharpens his machete to cut a banana tree.Profit is profit even in Mecca.The death that will kill a man begins as an appetite.The disobedient fowl obeys in a pot of soup.The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby. When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby. When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby. You cannot compare the living with the dead.You cannot roast corn with two eyes. |
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