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
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Whatever the type of firewood found in a place, it is usually good enough for the people of that place to cook with.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about kitchen, people, good, good luck
A person who arrives at a feast when the cooked meat is being pulled out of the pot does not know what was endured by others to catch and cook it.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about feast, kitchen, being, trap, people
A person who happens by a neighbor's house at dinner time, and is invited to join the meal, does not swallow such large morsels as to break the string of pearls around his neck.
Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about people, home, house, time
Good people, like clouds, receive only to give away.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about people, good, good luck
A lot of people become saints because of their stomach.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about saints, people
One person can burn water, while another can't even burn oil.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about people, water
There are many people who can sing, but don't know the words.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about word, people
When you drink milk under the palm tree, people will say that it is palm wine.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about drinking, wine, people, contentment
A person who misses a chance and the monkey who misses its branch can't be saved.
Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about chance, people
A person who wish for something impossible.
Proverbs and old sayings about impossible, wish, people
Different people have different personality.
Proverbs and old sayings about personality, people
A different way of thingking in every person.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
People with much ado usually don't know shallow.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
A person who talks a lot usually is empty inside.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
A person who is extremely cautious in doing something.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
When prominent persons fights, commoners would suffer.
Proverbs and old sayings about people, suffering
People tend to be attracted to what most benefits them.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
A person who loves about their mother is doing the best deed.
Proverbs and old sayings about mother, people
People seek out big shots as flies seek out the elephant's tail.
Proverbs and old sayings about people
