Igbo proverbs

A travelled child knows better than the old man who sits at home.

Swearing in the name of one god while at the shrine of another god.

When the mother goat breaks into the yam store her kid watches her.

The same rain that drenches the slave also drenches the slave driver.

The lizard would like to stand erect, but his tail will not permit him.

An udara fruit that falls on the side of the road is asking to be eaten.

If you decide to eat a toad, you should at least select one that is big.

A man who rushes into battle does not realize that battle entails death.

No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person's teeth.

A calm spirit will enable a man to survive even a six-month jail sentence.

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