Ibo Proverbs

When a new saying gets to the land of empty men they lose their heads over it. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

When a new saying gets to the land of empty men they lose their heads over it.

Shall we kill a snake and carry it in our hand when we have a bag Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

Shall we kill a snake and carry it in our hand when we have a bag for putting long things in?

Never kill a man who says nothing. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

Never kill a man who says nothing.

Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food. Ibo Proverbs Image

Food Quotes, Ibo Proverbs

Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.

When the brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate. Ibo Proverbs Image

Brother Quotes, Ibo Proverbs

When the brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father's estate.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can’t see standing. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.

A man who lives on the banks of the niger should not wash his hands with spittle. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

A man who lives on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.

The rain does not recognize anyone as a friend; it drenches all equally. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

The rain does not recognize anyone as a friend; it drenches all equally.

A debt may get moldy, but it never decays. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

A debt may get moldy, but it never decays.

Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone. Ibo Proverbs Image

Brother Quotes, Ibo Proverbs

Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.

If you want to eat a toad, you should look for a fat and juicy one. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

If you want to eat a toad, you should look for a fat and juicy one.

A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground. Ibo Proverbs Image

Earth Quotes, Ibo Proverbs

A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.

Ours is ours, but mine is mine. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

Ours is ours, but mine is mine.

Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry. Ibo Proverbs Image

Ibo Proverbs

Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry.

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