451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 29
- 281. Only a mother would carry the child that bites.
 - 282. Our elders quote the cock as saying that "it would not be good if one becomes the only person in the world, and that is why they crow every morning to show their number".
- 283. Our elders say that at sunset, it is one's cloth that one goes to remove from the village square.
- 284. Our examples are like seeds on a windy day, they spread far and wide.
- 285. Overabundance is not far from want.
- 286. Patient people are patient to gain longevity.
- 287. People in trouble remember Allah.
- 288. Preparing cocoyams for planting does not mean that they are already planted.
- 289. Profit is profit even in Mecca.
- 290. Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten.
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