Famous Proverbs
464 Proverbs about Niger / Page 4
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The house sweeper's buttock is never at one direction.32.
The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.33.
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree said he would praise himself if no one else did.34.
The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is.35.
When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby.36.
When the next house is on fire, 'tis high time to look to your own.37.
You cannot compare the living with the dead.38.
You cannot roast corn with two eyes.39.
You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.40.
Hold a true friend with both your hands.