79 Igbo Proverbs / Page 4
61. ![The same rain that drenches the slave also drenches the slave driver.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
The same rain that drenches the slave also drenches the slave driver.
62. ![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.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
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.
63. ![The world is like a goat's udder. It does not yile any milk, unless you punch and squeeze at it.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
The world is like a goat's udder. It does not yile any milk, unless you punch and squeeze at it.
64. ![Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Until lions have their own historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
65. ![What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it.
66. ![Whatever the type of firewood found in a place, it is usually good enough for the people of that place to cook with.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Whatever the type of firewood found in a place, it is usually good enough for the people of that place to cook with.
67. ![When a drunk meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and truly mad.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When a drunk meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and truly mad.
68. ![When a drunken man meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and being truly mad.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When a drunken man meets a mad man, he learns the difference between being merely drunk and being truly mad.
69. ![When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
70. ![When a person is not as she used to be, she does not behave as she used to behave.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When a person is not as she used to be, she does not behave as she used to behave.
71. ![When a poor man gets a little money, his thoughts go off in ten different directions.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When a poor man gets a little money, his thoughts go off in ten different directions.
72. ![When a very short man causes the market to break up in a big fight, bystanders ask him to stand up so that they can see how short he really is.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When a very short man causes the market to break up in a big fight, bystanders ask him to stand up so that they can see how short he really is.
73. ![When the leopard has a broken paw, the antellope comes to collect an old debt.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When the leopard has a broken paw, the antellope comes to collect an old debt.
74. ![When the mother goat breaks into the yam store her kid watches her.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When the mother goat breaks into the yam store her kid watches her.
75. ![When the music stops, a deaf person continues to dance.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
When the music stops, a deaf person continues to dance.
76. ![Whether it was the tenant who seduced the landlord's wife, or the landlord who seduced the tenant's wife, it is the tenant who would leave the house.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Whether it was the tenant who seduced the landlord's wife, or the landlord who seduced the tenant's wife, it is the tenant who would leave the house.
77. ![Whichever son is able should bury his father. The first son did not kill him.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Whichever son is able should bury his father. The first son did not kill him.
78. ![While the wooden idols are tormenting me, the termites are tormenting them.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
While the wooden idols are tormenting me, the termites are tormenting them.
79. ![You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow.. Igbo Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow.
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