Owe Yoruba - Yoruba Proverbs-gctid24538

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Àgbôìgbôtán Ègùn ti ñ dìjà sílë.

Half knowledge of Ègùn language causes quarrel between two persons. (By one person mistaking one statement for something else)

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

A bímæ kò gbôn, a ní k'ó sáà má kú; kí ni ñ pa æmæ bí àìgbôn?

A child lacks wisdom, and some say that what is important is that the child does not die; what kills more surely than lack of wisdom?
(A foolish child is not much better than a dead child.)

[Ɔbenfo Ọbádélé]

Ìwön eku, ìwön ìtê.

The size of the rat determines the size of it's burrow.

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 Jê kí æwô r÷ t÷ èèkù idà ki o tó béèrè irú ikú t’ó pa baba r÷.

Let your hand be touching the handle of the sword before you inquire about who killed (the type of death that killed) your father.

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Ohun t'ójú wá l'ojú á rí.

What the eye looks for is what it will see.

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Iná kú, ó feérú bojú

When fire goes out, it leaves ashes in its place.

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 Òtítô dôjà ó kùtà, owó bíñtín l'à ñ ra èké.

Truth came to market and could not be sold, we buy lies with ready cash.

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 Bí irô bá sáré fún ogún ædún, æjô kan ni òótô máa bá a.
 
If lies run for twenty years, in one day, truth will catch it.

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¿nu l’á«÷, örö l’à«÷.

The mouth has power to make things happen (aka à«÷), The word is the power to make things happen.

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Jagunjagun kò jê ayé ó gún, Jagunjagun yóò jê ayé ó gún

When warriors do not allow the world to be peaceful, warriors will make the world to be peaceful.

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Ikú ogun ní í pa akíkanjú, ikú odò ní í pa òmùwë, ikú àlè ní í pa afênilóbìnrin; òwò tí àdá bá mö ní í ká àdá léhín.

The brave meet their death in battle, swimmers meet their death in water, and adulterers meet their death in women; it's the trade a cutlass knows best that breaks it.

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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.

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A kìí walë fún adì÷ j÷

One does not scratch the ground for the chicken to find food.
(Each person is responsible for his/her own welfare.)

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Kí òyìnbó tó dé l'a ti ñ wæ a«æ.
 
Long before the white man came we were wearing clothes.

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Kò sí ohun tí ñ ti òkè bö tí ilë ò gbà.

There is nothing dropping from above that the earth cannot withstand.