Accomplishment of purpose is better than making a profit.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
You cannot compare the living with the dead.Nigerian
Hold on to a true friend with both hands.
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When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby.
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He who boasts much can do little.
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Profit is profit even in Mecca.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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