While the wooden idols are tormenting me, the termites are tormenting them.
More Igbo Proverbs:
A person who uses the world as his carrying pad will find himself carrying his load on his bare head.Igbo
What gives the child the itch has already given him the fingernails for scratching it.
Igbo
A calm spirit will enable a man to survive even a six-month jail sentence.
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 wayward woman is like the weaver bird. She uses her perch on one tree to scout other trees.
Igbo
Knowing but not telling it is what kills old men. Hearing but not heeding it is what kills young men.
Igbo