32 Nigerian Proverbs about Other
All Nigerian Proverbs | Proverbs about Other1. If one finger brought oil it soiled others.
2. One goat cannot carry another goat's tail.
3. When mother cow is cropping grass, her young one watches her mouth.
4. A mother is gold, a father is a mirror.
5. Children of the same mother do not always agree.
6. Fire has no brother.
7. If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are. If one finger brought oil it soiled others.
8. More than one mother can make tasty soup.
9. Only a mother would carry the child that bites.
10. You can't jump from one tree to another but you can from one man to another.
11. Your own rags are better than another's gown.
12. It is the work of one's hands that decides what one eats for dinner - for some it is pounded yam, for others it is pounded plantain or nothing.
13. He who digs a pit for others must invariably fall into it.
14. By being grateful, a man makes himself deserving of yet another kindness.
15. If the owner of a calabash calls it a worthless calabash, others will join him to use it to pack rubbish.
16. If a person who curses another is not better than the person he curses, a request is never made of him to rescind the curse.
17. When an only kolanut is presented with love, it carries with it more value than might otherwise be associated with a whole pod of several kolanuts.
18. The man who remembers others, remembers also his creator.
19. A man who has one finger pointing at another has three pointing towards himself.
20. A man who eases himself in public, gives cause to others to despise him.
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