The butterfly that brushes against thorns will tear its wings.
More Yoruban Proverbs:
Rather than an abatement of her viciousness, a witch gives birth to only female children and witchcraft multiplies.Yoruban
The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.
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When the rain falls in the valley, the hill gets angry.
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Stretch your hands as far as they reach, grab all you can grab.
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Because friendship is pleasant, we partake of our friend's entertainment; not because we have not enough to eat in our own house.
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When wood breaks it can be repaired, but ivory breaks forever.
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