Legendary Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie clocks 75 today, March 7, 2022. The veteran who was born in 1947 has taken to social media to show his gratitude to God.
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Recall, the actor had on Sunday March 6, hosted a birthday thanksgiving service in church.
Edochie shared photos of the thanksgiving service on his verified Instagram page and appreciated his fellow Nollywood star, Kanayo O Kanayo for attending the event.
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Pete Edochie is very popular for his use of proverbs, irrespective of the roles he plays. The thespian is naturally gifted and effortlessly uses wise sayings in a way that warms the hearts of Nigerians and he has at many times being tagged the wise man of Nollywood.
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As today marks the beginning of another year for Edochie, WITHIN NIGERIA brings you 60 of his proverbs that will crack you up this week. Read on:
- A person who sells eggs should not start a fight in the market.
- He who goes to an Owambe wearing shirt and jeans will encounter starvation.
- If something that was going to chop off your head only knocks off your cap, you should be grateful.
- No African girl will choose six packs over six cars. So my sons stop the gym and work hard.
- When the house-rat starts calling itself bushmeat because it is getting fat, it has started passing its boundary.
- The death of a lion cannot be announced by a goat.
- Drinking garri doesn’t mean you are poor, but allowing it to swell before drinking is poverty.
- A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.
- The frowning of a he-goat does not stop it from being priced.
- The only person that reads the terms & conditions is the one who writes it.
- In this part of the world, it is bad manners for a child to eat the meat before the main food. The meat on the food is your reward, it should be slowly enjoyed.
- Stupidity is what we all have in common as human beings, but some people insist that improving it is their entitlement.
- He who always thinks the soup is too much for the eba cannot handle greatness.
- A man who hangs around a beautiful girl without saying a word ends up fetching water for guests at her wedding.
- If a man wants to grow a long tooth, he should have the lip to cover it.
- People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
- The cow in a hurry to go to America will come back as a corned beef.
- He that is looking for expiry date on Agege bread is not worthy of being called hungry.
- The little opportunity given opportunity given to a monkey to wear clothes does not guarantee it to join the dining table.
- Beware of the naked man who offers you clothes.
- When a goat laughs upon hearing that a lion is around, one needs to find out what grass it has been eating.
- By the time the fool has learnt the game, the players have dispersed.
- A girl may never get married if she waits for the perfect man.
- It is a man who does not know how to enjoy life that finishes the meat first when he is served food.
- As powerful as a king is, he cannot command anyone to pass faeces for him.
- A diplomat is one who thinks twice before saying nothing.
- Those who had their nuts cracked by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.
- A man who swallows a whole coconut has a complete faith in his anus.
- The walls don’t only have ears, they now see.
- A child who asks questions does not become a fool.
- Whoever presents his own head to break coconut will not partake in the eating of it.
- When the cock is drunk, he forgets about the hawk.
- No matter how kind a man is, he will never give his wife as a gift to his friends.
- If you sell your father’s land to buy a trumpet where will you stand to blow it?
- The wolf on the hill is not as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill.
- The buttocks are like married couple, though there is constant friction between them, they will still love and live together.
- He who throws party without jollof rice, shall taste the bitter wrath of the gods.
- If you sell a drum in your own village, you get the money and keep the sound.
- Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.
- The plaintain that refuses to ripen because it doesn’t want to be fried will be used for plantain chips.
- A man who counts his money after withdrawing from the ATM has trust issues.
- The house that pound yam noisily thinks the silent ones don’t eat.
- When one’s goat get missing, the aroma of a neighbour’s soup get suspicious.
- Never open the door for an armed robber, let them break it, it’s part of their job.
- One man’s food is every other man’s food, just because one idiot refuses to eat it doesn’t make it poison.
- The chief who doesn’t know what to say says that his friend has said what he would have said.
- No matter how rich you are, you cannot pay for your sins.
- Be careful about the rumours you hear about a lady, it either comes from a man who can’t have her or a lady who can’t compete with her.
- Just because you met them at the church doesn’t mean they’re the one, demons go to church too.
- Kindness is like butter, it works best when you spread it around.
- Sometimes you have to play the role of a fool to fool the fools who thinks they are fooling you.
- Give them a chair if they can’t stand your Success.
- A wise person knows that there is something to be learned from everyone.
- Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there’s no river.
- The words of the elders do not lock all the doors; they leave the right door open.
- Be careful who you trust! Salt and Sugar are both white.
- If you have a mum, there is nowhere you are likely to go where a prayer has not already been.
- A woman’s greatest perfume is the fragrance of her man’s success.
- No matter how dark the room is, a man will always find his way to the woman’s breasts.
- When a girl has beauty without brains, the private part suffers the most.
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