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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:05:52 GMT
Tí irọ́ bá tan iná, kò lè so èso rere.
Even if a lie glows (and blooms), it can't yield good fruits.
[Integrity is crucial; whatever is founded on deceit won't endure]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:07:51 GMT
Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ kọ́ l'onísẹ́, à fi ẹni tó bá fi orí tì í d'ópin.
To start anything is not as crucial as seeing it through to completion.
['Finishiative' is superior to initiative; finish whatever you start.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:09:47 GMT
Àgbà gbàǹgbà kọ́ a ńwí, ẹni tí Ọlọ́run bá ṣe ní ògo, ògo ni.
It is not about physical size, honour is bestowed on who God blesses.
[Ultimately, it is God who blesses man's efforts.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:11:30 GMT
Igbá pẹ̀lẹ́ kì í fọ́, àwo pẹ̀lẹ́ kì í ya. /
A calabash gently handled hardly breaks, and a (breakable) plate gently handled hardly shatters.
[Handle issues with patience and level-head.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:14:08 GMT
Ọ̀rẹ́ ọdún mẹ́ta ò tó ẹni tí à ńgbára lé, ọ̀tá oṣù mẹ́fà ò tó ẹni tí à ńsà lóògùn.
A friend of three years is not one to be wholly trusted and an enemy of six months is not one to be attacked with charms.
[Avoid rash decisions; be moderate.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:18:10 GMT
Kìrà kìtà ò dọlà, ká ṣiṣẹ́ bí ẹrú ò da nǹkan.
Inordinate hustling does not translate to wealth and working like a slave often leads nowhere.
[Ultimately, it's God who blesses.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:20:19 GMT
Ọ̀nà tí èèyàn tọ̀ tó ṣubú, bí èèyàn ní sùúrù, èyàn lè tọ̀ọ́ là.
A path that one treads and falls, with patience one may well tread it to success.
[Don't give up; persist with patience.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:21:39 GMT
Hùnrùnhunrun ni yóò pọ̀, ẹlẹ́dẹ̀ wa á dé Ọ̀yọ́.
Its grunting may be endless; but our pig would get to Oyo town, eventually.
[Keep up hope; if you won't give up, you would win.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:22:41 GMT
A kì í fura sí ẹni tí a ńbá rìn; ẹni tí a bá ńfura sí, a kì í bá irú wọn rìn. /
Don't be suspicious of those you associate with and don't relate with those you are suspicious of.
[Build trust.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:24:18 GMT
Ẹni tó mú iṣẹ́ jẹ, ò lè mú ìṣẹ́ jẹ.
Whoever got away with indolence, cannot get away with poverty.
[Diligence pays]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:36:22 GMT
Olójú kan kìí mọ'yì Ọlọ́run à fi tí nǹkan bá gbọ̀n sí.
A person with only one good eye is seldom thankful to God until a speck enters the eye.
[Be grateful, regardless of the situation.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 8:38:02 GMT
Arúgbó ǹdágbèsè, ó ní mélòó lòun yóò dúró san ńbẹ̀?
An aged person unconscionably incurs debt, and wonder how much of it, he really would need to repay himself.
[Don't muddle up the path for others.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 10:28:39 GMT
Gbòngbò kan ṣoṣo kò gbọdọ̀ ré ọ̀jọ̀gbọ́n lẹ́ẹ̀pa lẹ́ẹ̀mejì
The same tree stump shouldn't trip a wise person twice.
[Once beaten, twice shy]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 10:29:28 GMT
Èyàn kì í dára kó má kù síbì kan.
No one can be so good and not have a flaw.
[No one is perfect; be tolerant.]
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Post by Belmot on Dec 28, 2016 10:30:47 GMT
Ológùńná kan kì í rìn létí odò.
Anyone who has just a single live coal ought not to be walking by the river bank.
[Avoid intolerably high risks.]
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