Famous Proverbs
464 Proverbs about Niger / Page 29
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When a woman cannot have good palm-nuts to give her rich oil, she still has to maintain decency in order to remain one of those that sell good quality oil.282.
A man who has one finger pointing at another has three pointing towards himself.283.
A man who eases himself in public, gives cause to others to despise him.284.
The man who is honored, has first honored himself.285.
Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.286.
Anyone who urinates in a stream should be warned because any of his relatives may drink from the water.287.
A person who does not bathe, must know it of himself that he is dirty.288.
Antagonism is not good for fowls, and it is not good for goats; worse still, it is not good for human beings.289.
Our examples are like seeds on a windy day, they spread far and wide.290.
A clay pot of water is never hot-tempered.