61 Yoruba Proverbs
- 1. 'i nearly killed the bird.' no one can eat 'nearly' in a stew.
- 2. A great affair covers up a small matter.
- 3. A man with a cough cannot conceal himself.
- 4. A proverb is the horse that can carry one swiftly to the discovery of ideas.
- 5. A stammerer would eventually say father.
- 6. After we fry the fat, we see what is left.
- 7. Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
- 8. As long as there are lice in the seams of the garment there must be bloodstains on the fingernails.
- 9. As there is guilt in innocence, there is innocence in guilt.
- 10. Ashes always fly back in the face of him who throws them.
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