19 Ibo Proverbs
1. 
A baby on its mother's back doesn't know the journey is long.
2. 
A bird that flies off the earth and lands on an anthill is still on the ground.
3. 
A debt may get moldy, but it never decays.
4. 
A man who lives on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.
5. 
Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
6. 
Anger against a brother is felt in the flesh, not in the bone.
7. 
Book stands by itself and experience stands by itself.
8. 
If you want to eat a toad, you should look for a fat and juicy one.
9. 
Never kill a man who says nothing.
10. 
Never let any mechanical device know that you are in a hurry.
11. 
Ours is ours, but mine is mine.
12. 
Shall we kill a snake and carry it in our hand when we have a bag for putting long things in?
13. 
The eye is not harmed by sleep.
14. 
The rain does not recognize anyone as a friend; it drenches all equally.
15. 
What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.
16. 
When a new saying gets to the land of empty men they lose their heads over it.
17. 
When the brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father's estate.
18. 
Wherever something stands, another thing stands beside it.
19. 
Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.