Famous Proverbs
464 Proverbs about Niger / Page 34
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The tree that cannot shed its old leaves in the dry season, cannot survive the period of drought.332.
When one is taking a chicken from its roost, the hen is bound to attack with at least its claws.333.
Even when fire has done its very worst, one still has to resort to it.334.
When a soup is unpalatable, and the paste of the pounded yam that goes with it is not smooth, that is the time to know a man who loves to eat pounded yam.335.
A pad that breaks a pot of water does not remain on the head.336.
A bush fowls' playground is never appreciably spacious.337.
It is the boast of every juju priest that unless he dies, no thief can ever come to steal his juju away.338.
What affects the nose must also affect the eyes that must weep for it.339.
If a greedy eater is near a patient, such a patient can never survive.340.
There is no elephant that complains about the weight of its trunk. No elephant is burdened by the weight of its tusks.