Igbo proverbs

All you can tell about a big belly is that the owner has had a lot to eat, not what he had to eat.

Knowing but not telling it is what kills old men. Hearing but not heeding it is what kills young men.

A person who underneath the tall palm tree is best positioned to tell on which side the ripe head is.

A person who uses the world as his carrying pad will find himself carrying his load on his bare head.

If a young man is not prudent in seeking what killed his father, what killed his father may also kill him.

When a drunken man meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and being truly mad.

The lizard says that he knows the condition of his underbelly.?The reason he has it pressed against the ground.

Whatever the type of firewood found in a place, it is usually good enough for the people of that place to cook with.

When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.

The skunk rat can get as fat and plump as he pleases. If his whole hind leg costs one anini, I still will not buy it.

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