You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about contentment
If you decide to eat a toad, you should at least select one that is big.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about contentment
If you wish to eat a mushroom, you cannot consider what the mushroom fed on.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about contentment
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 contentment
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 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
The little puppy said: If I fall down and roll over for you, and you fall down and roll over for me, then we are playing. However, if I fall down and roll over for you, but you do not fall down and roll over for me, then that's a fight.