451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 23
- 221. It is one person in a street that kills a dog and the street is named a street of dog killers.
 - 222. It is one word of advice that one needs to give to a wise man, and that word keeps multiplying in his mind.
- 223. It is only the toad that gets up from its knees and falls back again on its knees.
- 224. It is only the tortoise that moves and carries its shell about, which it calls its house.
- 225. It is the boast of every juju priest that unless he dies, no thief can ever come to steal his juju away.
- 226. It is the brutally outspoken man that earns enmity.
- 227. It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.
- 228. It is the fear of what tomorrow may bring that makes the tortoise to carry his house along with him wherever he goes.
- 229. It is the first step that is difficult.
- 230. It is the fortunate person that the physician undertakes to help.
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