Yoruban Proverbs >>
The butterfly that brushes against thorns will tear its wings.
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Rather than an abatement of her viciousness, a witch gives birth to only female children and witchcraft multiplies.
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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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