A man who believes that he can do everything, let him dig a grave and bury himself.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about man
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If a baby crawls up to me and pinches me, I will get on my knees and pinch him back.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo
When a poor man gets a little money, his thoughts go off in ten different directions.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about money, man
Do not argue with a fool, for people will not be able to tell between the two of you.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about people, contentment
What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about children
A pot trader whose fortunes are all invested in her clay pots isn't much of a merchant.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo
Stream said that it is because it has nobody to direct it that... it goes in a zigzag way.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo
A person who chases a chicken is due a fall. The chicken is a master of the dodged escaped.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about fall, people
One first drives off the fox, before taking the chickens home and blaming them for straying.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about home
A wayward woman is like the weaver bird. She uses her perch on one tree to scout other trees.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about woman
A man who shoots his arrows as he makes them does not realize when he has shot a whole sheaf.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about man
At whatever age a child gets a problem, at the same age she has to shoulder the responsibility.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about age, olderness, children
A servant serves a king, he serves the king well; a servant serves two kings, he is true to one.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo
When a drunk meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and truly mad.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, man
The world is like a goat's udder. It does not yile any milk, unless you punch and squeeze at it.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about world, contentment
All you can tell about a big belly is that the owner has had a lot to eat, not what he had to eat.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about contentment
Knowing but not telling it is what kills old men. Hearing but not heeding it is what kills young men.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about man, old, olderness
A person who underneath the tall palm tree is best positioned to tell on which side the ripe head is.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about heads, people
A person who uses the world as his carrying pad will find himself carrying his load on his bare head.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about world, heads, people
When a drunken man meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and being truly mad.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about being, man
