The mouth that eats pepper is the one that the pepper influences.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
However hard a thing is thrown into the air, it always falls to the ground.Nigerian
The gods may still send a gentle breeze when they want to bless us.
Nigerian
The disobedient fowl obeys in a pot of soup.
Nigerian
The blind say that eyes have no sense of smell.
Nigerian
From the well of envy, only a fool drinks the water.
Nigerian
A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting.
Nigerian