A pot trader whose fortunes are all invested in her clay pots isn’t much of a merchant.
More Igbo Proverbs:
When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.Igbo
Whichever son is able should bury his father. The first son did not kill him.
Igbo
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
A wayward woman is like the weaver bird. She uses her perch on one tree to scout other trees.
Igbo
A person who uses the world as his carrying pad will find himself carrying his load on his bare head.
Igbo
A snake that swallows its neighbor will have a tail sticking out of its mouth.
Igbo