You cannot shave a man’s head in his absence.
More Yoruban Proverbs:
Work is the medicine for poverty.Yoruban
If something that was going to chop off your head only knocked off your cap, you should be grateful.
Yoruban
When the rain falls in the valley, the hill gets angry.
Yoruban
Ashes always fly back in the face of him who throws them.
Yoruban
The young can't teach traditions to the old.
Yoruban
One who waits for chance may wait a year.
Yoruban