451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 18
- 171. If a drum is not made, it is the fault of the master; but if the drum is made and is not beaten, then that is the fault of the boys.
 - 172. If a greedy eater is near a patient, such a patient can never survive.
- 173. If a man is not clean and smooth, there is nothing he can really do about pride.
- 174. If a monkey is amongst dogs, why won't it start barking?.
- 175. If a person who curses another is not better than the person he curses, a request is never made of him to rescind the curse.
- 176. If a soup is sweet, it is money that cooks it.
- 177. If all seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow the path under the trees.
- 178. If crocodiles eat their own eggs, what would they do to the flesh of a frog?
- 179. If death be terrible, the fault is not in death, but thee.
- 180. If gold rusts, what will iron do?
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