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1. A he-goat who decides to court a lioness does not love life. 2. The mosquito told his friend that the yams his in-law brought for him are as fat as his laps. 3. A man who defecates on his way going will definitely meet flies on his way back. 4. It is only a mad man that goes to sleep with his roof on fire! 5. Two rams cannot drink from one bucket at the same time else they lock horns. 6. A cockroach can never be found innocent in a court where a chicken is a (chief judge) magistrate. 7. All lizards normally lie flat on the floor /ground therefore no one knows which one has rashes under its belly. 8. A guard dog cannot watch two homes at once. 9. Pride is no substitute for dinner. 10. He who washes his hands clean dines with the elders. |
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11. There is nothing found in the fire that is not in the sun. 12. A Housefly that wants to eat satisfactorily builds his house close to the toilet. 13. Never pick a quarrel with a crocodile when you leg is still in the water. 14. When the head of the house dies the house becomes an empty shell. 15. An army of sheep lead by a lion will defeat an army of lions lead by a sheep. 16. Once the word is still in your mouth your are master of it, but once it has been spoken it is master of you. 17. If you do not want white ants to pay you a visit then don’t eat sugar. 18. The ear, which refuses to heed council, will go down with the head when it is cut off. 19. You first find an escape route before taunting the cobra. 20. There cannot be a dream without a sleep. |
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21. If you get hold of the head of a snake, the rest of it is a mere rope. 22. Marriage is not palm wine to be tested. 23. You don’t use the left hand to point to the way that leads to your home. 24. The full length of the frog is seen upon its death. 25. In the presence of the tongue, the teeth do not litigate (i.e. act as or play the role of the defender). 26. The best mirror of all times is a best friend. 27. The fish likes water, but not when it is hot. 28. Wise persons are spoken to not in prose but in proverbs. 29. A child who says his mother will not sleep will end up not sleeping himself. 30. No matter how tall an Iroko tree grows above the soil, its origin still remains the soil. 31. A blind person knows his home better than a visitor with eyes. |
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32. A hive is not formed without honey. 33. It is the beating of the drum that makes the masquerade to dance. 34. Birds that dance on the road have their drummer in the bush. 35. The venom of python does nothing to the back of the tortoise. 36. Character is like pregnancy you can’t just hide it. 37. A river does not flow through the forest without bringing down a tree(s). 38. Teach a man how to fish and you will feed him forever. 39. It is only a stubborn fly that follows a corpse into the grave. 40. It is the nectar of a flower that attracts the insect. 41. When two elephants fight it is the grass that is trampled. 42. You are in the live of truth when you smell shit! 43. You cannot be asking a frog for a chair seeing he squats. 44. If the cockroach wants to rule in the kingdom of fowls, he should employ the fox as his chief bodyguard. |
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