79 Igbo Proverbs / Page 4
- 31. Criticism of the brave is behind his back.
 - 32. Dancing the drum will be done where the drum is.
- 33. Do not argue with a fool, for people will not be able to tell between the two of you.
- 34. Dog eats excreta, but goat gets rotten teeth.
- 35. Everyone cut the grass. Cut the grass. Let no one call the others 'Prisoners'.
- 36. God swats flies for an animal that has no tail.
- 37. He who spits towards the sky is spitting on his face.
- 38. If a baby crawls up to me and pinches me, I will get on my knees and pinch him back.
- 39. If a young man is not prudent in seeking what killed his father, what killed his father may also kill him.
- 40. If the kernels are not finished, the jaw will not rest.
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