Nigerian proverbs
If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up?
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A thorn that pierces the toe should be burned by the light of a new moon lest the devil possess the foot.
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A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination.
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A farmer does not boast that he has had a good harvest until his stock of yams lasts till the following harvest season.
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A herbalist that refuses to ask laymen what leaves he looks for in the bush, must have difficulties getting what he wants.
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A bag that says it will not take more, and a traditional doctor who says he would not leave anything behind are both sure to suffer.
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A farmer who would not work inside the rain and would not work under the sun, would have nothing to harvest at the end of the farming year.
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A person who picks something and decides to make it his own, ought to think how he would feel if he was the person who lost the property he picked.
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A mouse that removes the palm-nut that turns out to be the bait of a trap, would already have known that the palm-nut does not ripen on the ground.
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Not to know the good we have Till time has stolen the cherish'd gift away, Is cause of half the misery that we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.
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