Nigerian proverbs

A man who has one finger pointing at another has three pointing towards himself.

A child who fears beating, would never admit that he played with a missing knife.

A pig that is used to wallowing in the mud looks for a clean person to rub against.

A man who is advised and he takes it, is still a man who acts from his own free will.

A performing masquerade who tries too hard to outclass his colleagues may expose his anus.

A masquerade does not perform to an outside audience until he performs well at the home base.

A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill, does not know that it is still on the ground.

The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree said he would praise himself if no one else did.

A woman who is not successful in her own marriage has no advice to give to her younger generations.

A strong man is remembered on the day of the fight, and a gluttony on the day pounded yam is surplus.

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