A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.Nigerian
More than one mother can make tasty soup.
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Choose your neighbors before you buy your house.
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The one-eyed man thanks God only when he sees a man blind in both eyes.
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Don't look for speed in a cheap horse; be content if it neighs.
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It is the first step that is difficult.
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