451 Famous Nigerian Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Nigerian Proverbs

201. If you have run out of gunpowder, use your gun as a club.
202. If you neglect the pot, it boils over and extinguishes the fire.
203. If you put a razor in your mouth, you will spit blood.
204. If you rise too early, the dew will wet you.
205. If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes.
206. If you want to give a sick man medicine, let him first be really ill -- so that he can see how well the medicine works.
207. If your parents take care of you up to the time you cut your teeth, you take care of them when they lose theirs.
208. It is a lazy man who says "it is only because I have no time that my farm is overgrown with weeds".
209. It is a pot of water that is already half full that the world would like to help in filling to the brim.
210. It is an irresponsible adult that creates enmity because of a disagreement that arises between two children.

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