Yoruban Proverbs >>
The pot-lid is always badly off: the pot gets all the sweet, the lid nothing but steam.
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Truth came to market but could not be sold; however, we buy lies with ready cash.
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When wood breaks it can be repaired, but ivory breaks forever.
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You cannot shave a man's head in his absence.
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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 person who has been a slave from birth does not value rebellion.
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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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