A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
尼日利亚谚语
Nigerian Proverbs
We are what our thinking makes us.
我们的思想造就了我们。
Horns do not grow before the head.
头上没有角。
He who is courteous is not a fool.
有礼貌的人不傻。
A pot that build attracts the cook.
锅的形状吸引厨师。
A single tree cannot make a forest.
一棵树成不了森林。
A single man can not build a house.
一个人不能盖一所房子。
Overabundance is not far from want.
过剩离匮乏不远了。
A smiling face dispels unhappiness.
一张笑脸能驱散忧愁。
It takes a village to raise a child.
养育一个孩子需要一个村庄。
Common proverbs of cooperation are:.
合作的常见谚语有:。
No frog is tied by a rope to a pond.
没有青蛙是用绳子拴在池塘上的。
You cannot roast corn with two eyes.
烤玉米不能用两只眼睛。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It is a lazy man who says "it is only because I have no time that my farm is overgrown with weeds".
一个懒惰的人说:“只是因为我没有时间，我的农场杂草丛生。”
Not to oversee workmen, is to leave your purse open.
不监督工人，就是让你的钱包敞开着。
A family name is not cooked and eaten, one's life is the thing.
一个家族的名字不是熟了就可以吃的，一个人的一生就是这样。
By being grateful, a man makes himself deserving of yet another kindness.
通过感恩，一个人使自己配得上另一种恩惠。
We live by hope, but a reed never becomes an Iroko tree by dreaming.
我们靠希望活着，但一根芦苇永远不会因为梦想变成一棵爱子树。