If one would not eat pounded yam for its own sake, one can still eat it for the sake of the soup that goes with it.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are. If one finger brought oil it soiled others.Nigerian
When a fire starts from the shrine, no precaution can be possible.
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The habit of thinking is the habit of gaining strength.
Nigerian
The day you are leaving is not the time to start your preparations.
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Birth is the only remedy against death.
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He who lives in the attic knows where the roof leaks.
Nigerian