1) A kì í bínú orí ká fi fìlà dé ìbàdí.
One does not get angry with one's head and therefore use one's cap to cover one's buttocks.
(Do not cut your nose to spite your face.)
2) Àgbà kán ṣe béè lÓgùn; Yemaja ló gbé e lọ.
An elderly person tried it “something” in the river Ògùn; the river goddess carried him away.
(Thoughtless emulation of others could be disastrous.)
3) Eégún Ègbá, Ègbá ní ńfò.
The Ègbá masquerader must needs speak Ègbá.
(One should speak to others in a manner that befits one, and that will facilitate one's business with them.)
4) Kàkà kí ilè kú, ṣíṣá ni yó ṣàá.
Rather than die, the earth will only become bare.
(One may be inconvenienced by one's enemies' machinations, but one will not be destroyed by them.
5) O ní kí o gbó ogbó Olúàṣo; o lè jìyà bí Olúàṣo?
You pray to live as long as Olúàṣo, but can you endure the trials of Olúàṣo?
(Whoever wishes for the sort of glory another person enjoys must also be willing to endure whatever tribulations the person has endured.)
source: Yoruba Proverbs
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Ifagbemi (Born Divine)
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