79 Famous Igbo Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Igbo Proverbs

11. A person can never run so fast as to run away from his backside.
12. 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.
13. A person who chases a chicken is due a fall. The chicken is a master of the dodged escaped.
14. 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.
15. A person who is being carried to the market does not realize that the way is long.
16. A person who underneath the tall palm tree is best positioned to tell on which side the ripe head is.
17. A person who uses the world as his carrying pad will find himself carrying his load on his bare head.
18. A pot trader whose fortunes are all invested in her clay pots isn't much of a merchant.
19. A servant serves a king, he serves the king well; a servant serves two kings, he is true to one.
20. A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.

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