Nigerian proverbs

A child who has no mother will not have scars to show on his back.

The house roof fights the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.

When the next house is on fire, 'tis high time to look to your own.

The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.

A man who lives alone is either always overworked, or always overfed.

A person who does not bathe, must know it of himself that he is dirty.

A child who is carried on the back will not know how far the journey is.

Now the marriage begins, says the woman who has been beaten with thorns.

A man who eases himself in public, gives cause to others to despise him.

A crowd is like a smoldering log which can spark into a flame at any time.

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