When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
More Igbo Proverbs:
Stream said that it is because it has nobody to direct it that... it goes in a zigzag way.Igbo
The little puppy said: "If I fall down and roll over for you, and you fall down and roll over for me, then we are playing. However, if I fall down and roll over for you, but you do not fall down and roll over for me, then that's a fight."
Igbo
A travelled child knows better than the old man who sits at home.
Igbo
If you wish to eat a mushroom, you cannot consider what the mushroom fed on.
Igbo
The world is like a goat's udder. It does not yile any milk, unless you punch and squeeze at it.
Igbo
A guest mourner does not wail as though his heart is broken.
Igbo