The drum sounds when the hawk appears wit ha rabbit.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
When you are sick you promise a goat, but when you are well again make do with a chicken.Nigerian
It is from a small seed that the giant Iroko tree has its beginning.
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He who boasts much can do little.
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Thoughts and dreams are the foundation of our being.
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If one goes to a land where they cut off ears, he should cut off his own and contribute them.
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If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright; if one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked.
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