Yoruba proverbs

For no man could be blessed without the acceptance of his own head.

Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth.

The person who has been a slave from birth does not value rebellion.

When the white man is about to leave a garden for good, he wrecks it.

It is a thief that can trace the footsteps of another thief on a rock.

The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.

A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas.

When the door is closed, you must learn to slide across the crack of the sill.

If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us.

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

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