The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.
More Yoruban Proverbs:
When your neighbor's horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.Yoruban
Patching makes a garment last long.
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As long as there are lice in the seams of the garment there must be bloodstains on the fingernails.
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If you don't sell your head, no one will buy it.
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Nobody knows the mysteries which lie at the bottom of the ocean.
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