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Post by Belmot on May 3, 2017 10:32:07 GMT
Ìwákúùwá nií mú'ni rí ìríkúùrí.
Unconscionable quest exposes one to undesirable (or strange) outcomes.
[Be moderate; tame inordinate desires]
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Post by Belmot on May 3, 2017 10:35:31 GMT
Ẹni táa fún lóbì tí ò ṣọpẹ́, báa fun lọ́mọ kò ní ṣàna.
A person who isn't thankful when given kolanut won't pay his dues if given a bride.
[Whoever is not thankful for small favours won't be grateful for major ones.]
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Post by Belmot on May 3, 2017 10:35:57 GMT
Ẹni táa fún lóbì tí ò ṣọpẹ́, báa fun lọ́mọ kò ní ṣàna.
A person who isn't thankful when given kolanut won't pay his dues if given a bride.
[Whoever is not thankful for small favours won't be grateful for major ones.]
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Post by Belmot on May 3, 2017 10:37:50 GMT
Àmójúkúrò ni í mú ẹ̀mí ìfẹ́ gùn.
Willingness to overlook is what makes loving relationships endure.
[No one is perfect; be tolerant.]
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Post by Belmot on May 3, 2017 10:40:23 GMT
Kékeré ata kò ṣeé fi b'ọ́jú.
Even a little quantity of pepper cannot be used to wash the face.
[Write-off no one.]
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Post by Belmot on May 3, 2017 10:44:15 GMT
Ẹyìn tí yóò di epo, yóò tọ́ iná wò.
A palm nut that wants to become palm oil would have a taste of fire.
[Success comes with a price tag.]
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Post by Belmot on May 3, 2017 10:50:31 GMT
Adìyẹ tó ńṣu sínú ìṣasùn, sàréè rẹ̀ ló ńbàjẹ́.
A hen that is defecating into a soup pot is desecrating its grave.
[What goes around comes around.]
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Post by skebe on May 8, 2017 22:11:02 GMT
E ku ise o, asa wa ko ni ku
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Post by Belmot on Jan 7, 2018 13:06:33 GMT
Àìrìn jìnnà làìrí abuké ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́, bí a bá dé igbó tó tó igbó, àá rí èranko tó ńtiro.
Not going far enough (into the forest) is why one hasn't seen a humpy squirrel, if one could get deep into the forest, one would find an animal that tiptoes.
[Exposure broadens the mind]
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Post by Belmot on Jan 7, 2018 13:08:29 GMT
A kò lè tìtorí pé kí ẹgbẹ́ ó máà tú, kí ọmọde máa sọ àgbà ní ìkó kó dákẹ́.
The desire to keep a group intact is no reason to expect an elderly person to keep mute when assaulted by a youngster.
[Decorum is it; there is a limit to everything.]
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Post by Belmot on Jan 7, 2018 13:10:01 GMT
A kò lè tìtorí pé a fẹ́ kí ẹṣin kú iṣẹ́, ka wá ní k'órí adé rin'sẹ̀.
We cannot ask the king to trek, simply because we want to appreciate the horse.
[Decorum is it; there is a limit to everything.]
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Post by Belmot on Jan 7, 2018 13:12:59 GMT
Ẹni bá ńsọ òkò sí adìyẹ igba, òkò ló máa sọ tílẹ̀ á fi ṣú.
Whoever is throwing stones at two hundred hens, would be at it until the evening.
[Be focused; don't spread yourself thin.]
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Post by Belmot on Jan 7, 2018 13:14:10 GMT
Bí èyàn ò bá tọ̀ sójú kan, kì í hó.
If one does not urinate on a single spot, the urine won't foam.
[Be focused; don't spread yourself thin.]
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Post by Belmot on Jan 7, 2018 13:15:51 GMT
Kí a dé igbó kí a má fọ'hùn ló ńmú ẹyẹ oko ṣu síni lórí.
To remain silent in the forest is how bird droppings get to land on one's head.
[Keep moving; inactivity can be risky.]
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Post by Belmot on Jan 7, 2018 13:18:02 GMT
Odò tó ńṣàn, kì í b'ojú w'ẹ̀hìn.
A flowing river never 'looks' back (or flows backward).
[Be positive; be forward-looking.]
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