Nigerian Proverbs
Those who are carrying elephants home on their heads, need not use their toes to dig up crickets on the way.
One can only try to get what one can from the head of an elephant, no one ever carries it home.
If a man is not clean and smooth, there is nothing he can really do about pride.
Even an old woman may run when a goat carries her snuff-box.
A man who is advised and he takes it, is still a man who acts from his own free will.
When a ripe fruit sees an honest man, it drops.
The alcohol that is insufficient for a whole town ought not to intoxicate one man.
He who digs a pit for others must invariably fall into it.
Those who derive fun watching lunatics, out to have one as a child or relation to know the pains of it.
A person on whose head lice are being removed, must be grateful.
By being grateful, a man makes himself deserving of yet another kindness.
When the laborer is praised, his cutlass begins to cut more keenly.
If men were now to turn their hostility towards the cat, it would not be long before the domestic cat becomes a wild animal.
Money does not announce how it is earned but whereas properly earned money appreciates, improperly earned money depreciates.
The bottom of wealth is sometimes a dirty thing to behold.
Rather than tell a lie to help a friend, it is better to assist him in paying the fine for his offense.
The leech that does not let go even when it is filled, dies on the dry land.
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.
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Originally Posted by Brett
