Quotes about yoruba, page 6
Truth came to market but could not be sold; however, we buy lies with ready cash.
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When the door is closed, you must learn to slide across the crack of the sill.
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As long as there are lice in the seams of the garment there must be bloodstains on the fingernails.
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If something that was going to chop off your head only knocked off your cap, you should be grateful.
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Those who die through ignorance are many; those who die because they are intelligent are few.
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We must blame the thief first before we say that where the owner put her property improper.
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When you stand with the blessings of your mother and God, it matters not who stands against you.
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A man's first wife never complains of neglect from the penis, the first morsel never complains of insufficient sauce.
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Rather than an abatement of her viciousness, a witch gives birth to only female children and witchcraft multiplies.
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The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.
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