When your neighbor’s horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.
More Yoruban Proverbs:
The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.Yoruban
Those who die through ignorance are many; those who die because they are intelligent are few.
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You cannot shave a man's head in his absence.
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When wood breaks it can be repaired, but ivory breaks forever.
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One takes care of one's own: when a bachelor roasts yam, he share's it with his sheep.
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Truth came to market but could not be sold; however, we buy lies with ready cash.
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