451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 10
- 91. Anyone who urinates in a stream should be warned because any of his relatives may drink from the water.
 - 92. As long as there are lice in the seams of the garment there must be bloodstains on the fingernails.
- 93. As long as you stay in a group, the lion will stay hungry.
- 94. Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
- 95. At a time a cockerel matures, it begins to crow to tell the world the time of day.
- 96. Beauty is not sold and eaten.
- 97. Beetles that roll balls out of human faeces demand to be hidden away from the rich man, because there is nothing he wouldn't buy.
- 98. Before firing, you must take aim.
- 99. Before you ask a man for clothes, look at the clothes that he is wearing.
- 100. Being happy in one's home is better than being a chief.
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