What affects the nose must also affect the eyes that must weep for it.
More Nigerian Proverbs:
Rain does not make friends with anybody -- it falls on any person it meets outside.Nigerian
To do one's duty is to eat the prized fruit of honor.
Nigerian
Those who derive fun watching lunatics, out to have one as a child or relation to know the pains of it.
Nigerian
A pad that breaks a pot of water does not remain on the head.
Nigerian
It is only the tortoise that moves and carries its shell about, which it calls its house.
Nigerian
Grass does not grow on the nose of a thief.
Nigerian