451 Nigerian Proverbs / Page 12
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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.231.
It is the habit that a child forms at home, that follows them to their marriage.232.
It is the same moon that wanes today that will be the full moon tomorrow.233.
It is the self-love of the king parrot that made him become a talkative.234.
It is the toothless animal that arrives first at the base of the fruit tree, to eat his fill before others arrive.235.
It is the woman whose child has been eaten by a witch who best knows the evils of witchcraft.236.
It is the work of one's hands that decides what one eats for dinner - for some it is pounded yam, for others it is pounded plantain or nothing.237.
It is usual of a person found guilty in a trial to boast that he would press his case further.238.
It is what the eyes of one man sees that is described as a boa constrictor.239.
It is when there is a stampede, that a person with big buttocks knows that he carries a load.240.
It is wisdom to prevent someone from whom one cannot accept repayment to have access to one's valuable possessions.