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405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 400 - 405 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman #ede Yoruba

March 31, 2025

Buy 405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. 400. Ẹyẹ tó fi ara wé igún, ẹ̀hìn àrò ní ńsùn. Whatever bird emulates the vulture will find itself behind the cooking hearth. People who have everything to lose should not emulate those who have nothing to lose. 401. Ibi tí a bá pè lórí, a kì í fi tẹlẹ̀. Whatever one names as the head, one does not tread on the floor. Never misuse or abuse your prized possessions or attributes. 402. Idà ńwó ilé ara ẹ̀ ó ní òún ḿba àkọ̀ jẹ́. The sword is destroying its own home, and it says it is ruining the scabbard. Said of a person whose actions will eventually recoil on him/her, even though the person thinks that he/she is hurting others. In the bid to hurt others, you could actually hurt yourself. Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osan...

352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project 340 - 352 Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - ede Yoruba

August 05, 2024

340. Ẹni tò ṣu ló gbá gbé, ẹnì tó fi ọ̀wọ́ koo o lé gbágbé Buy 352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. The one who defecated might forget but he who packed it with his hands will not He who starts a trouble might not feel the impact like the one who bears the brunt of such trouble Complete Yoruba Course For Beginners - https://amzn.to/4dUeGKg 341. Ọbá mẹ̀wá, igbá mẹ̀wà ẹ́nikán ki'lé ló ilé àyé gboo Ten kings, ten seasons, will not see the end of the world No condition is permanent Great Digital International Money Transfer 342. Rírò ni ti ẹ̀nìyàn ṣíṣe ni ti Olúwa Man can only think but the doing/actualization is of God Man proposes God disposes 343. Ọgbọ́n kìí tán ,ki á wa lọ́ si ọ́run The world cannot be bereft of wisdom that we have to go to heaven ...

352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project 330 - 339 Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - ede Yoruba

July 29, 2024

330. Kò sí oun tí ádíyẹ̀ lẹ́ fì ọ̀mọ́ àṣá ṣẹ́ Buy 352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. There is nothing the hen can do with the offspring of the hawk There is nothing you can do humanly to someone more powerful than you 331. Àbọ ọrọ là á n sọ fun ọmọlúwàbí. Tó bá dé inu rẹ á di odidi. We speak half of a word to the child born of honour. It becomes a whole in him when he digests it. Half a word is enough for the wise. Great Digital International Money Transfer 332. ìwó tà n wó àpáró bí kà fí dálá, òrí ẹ́yẹ̀ ní o pa ẹ́yẹ̀ The way we stare at the partridge is to make an okra soup with it but it's creator will not make it happen Buy Your Pick On Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations. We Do Affiliate Marketing with Amazon and other Platforms. We make...

405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 390 - 399 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman #ede Yoruba

March 31, 2025

Buy 405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. 390. Ígbà àrá lá n burá, ẹ́ni kán kíí bu sángò ní ẹrun. It is when we are young that we exhibit youthful zeal, no one abuses Sango in dry season. Make haste while the sun shines. 391. Ìjáfárà léwu Negligence is dangerous In all we do we should be diligent and prompt. 392. Atí òré atí íká íkán kìì gbé Neither the act of kindness or wickedness is in vain. Whatever you sow you shall reap. Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Jack Lookman - Olayinka Carew - Amazon - Affiliate Marketing - https://amzn.to/4bQP9U8 393. Ẹ̀ní tí Ọ̀lọ́run ò bá pá kosí ẹ́dà tó lé pá He whom God does not kill, no man can kill. No man can change the plan of God. Our Creator alone, can change the trajectory of life. 394. Bíí íṣ...

405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 380 - 389 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman #ede Yoruba

March 31, 2025

Buy 405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. 380. Ajá tí ò létí ò ṣéé dẹ̀gbẹ́. A dog without ears is no good for stalking prey. A person who cannot be instructed is useless. 381. Tí agbado ò bá gbóná, àgbàdo ò lè ta. If the corn is not hot it wont pop No pain, no gain. Good and enduring things don't always come easily. You need to work hard to succeed. Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Jack Lookman - Olayinka Carew - Amazon - Affiliate Marketing - https://amzn.to/4bQP9U8 382. Bí ẹ̀mí bá wà, ìrètí ńbẹ. For as long as there is life, there is hope. No matter what we are going through, there is definitely no limitation to what can be achieved. 383. Bí irọ́ bá lọ ní ogún Ọdún, òtítọ́ á ba ní ọjọ́ kan. If lies have a 20 year headway, truth will...

352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project 310 - 319 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - ede Yoruba

June 29, 2024

310. À-rí-ì-gbọdọ̀-wí, à-rí-ì-gbọdọ̀-fọ̀ ni ikú awo. Buy 352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. Something seen but unmentionable, something seen but unspeakable is the death of a guardian of the mysteries. The eyes sometimes see things that are too sacred for the mouth to mention. 311. Àrùn là ńwó a kì í wokú. One treats a disease; one does not treat death. We should attend to problems before they become unmanageable. 312. Aláwàdà ló lè ṣọkọ òṣónú; ẹni tí kò lẹ́nu mímú tete ò lè ṣọkọ alápẹpẹ. Buy Your Pick On Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations. We Do Affiliate Marketing with Amazon and other Platforms. We make commissions at no extra cost to you. Only a good-humored person can make a good husband for an ill-humored woman; a person whose mouth is...

405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 360 - 369 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman #ede Yoruba

March 31, 2025

Buy 405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. 360. Ìgbẹ́kẹ́lé èníyán ásàn ni Trust in man is vain. We should not put total trust in man, but in God; man has the tendency to disappoint 361. Irọ́run ìgí ni irọ́run ẹ̀yẹ́ The peace of the tree is the peace of the bird. You have to be comfortable before you can think of the comfort of those leaning on you. 362. Àtẹ́lẹwọ́ ẹni kì í tan'ni jẹ. Our palms cannot lie or deceive us. Only what we achieve by our sweat and effort will last or endure for long. 363. Àpèmọ́'ra lá n pé témìdírè We speak and attract goodness unto ourselves. Have a positive mindset. Wishes do come true. 364. Ibí òrí dá ni si lá n gbé Where your 'head' (consciousness) places you is where you live. Make the best of wherever you fi...

405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 370 - 379 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman #ede Yoruba

March 31, 2025

Buy 405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. 370. Tí à bá fí ògún ọdún pílẹ́ṣẹ́ wèrè, ọ̀jọ́ wó làà búgíjẹ́ If one takes 20 years to prepare for madness when will one start biting the tree (behaving irrationally). One should take decisive action quickly. 371. Ẹ̀lẹ́dẹ́ yi ó wọ́ ọ̀yọ́ áriwó ni yí o pọ́ The pig will get to Oyo town with a lot of grumbling and noise. No matter the difficulties, the purpose shall be accomplished. Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Jack Lookman - Olayinka Carew - Amazon - Affiliate Marketing - https://amzn.to/4bQP9U8 372. Títà rìró là n kọ́ íla, tò bá jíná tàn ló ndógẹ̀ In pains is the tribal marks incised; when it heals up it becomes a reference for beauty. Nothing good comes easy. There is no gain without pain. 373. Íbì...

405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 353 - 359 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman #ede Yoruba

March 31, 2025

Buy 405 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. 353. Àsẹ̀ju ni bàbà áṣétẹ́ Overdoing things or doing too much is the father of disgrace Over exacting oneself could be counter productive 354. Bí ọ́mọdé bá ṣubú á wo iwàjú, bí àgbà bá ṣubú á wo èhìn wo Falling, a young child looks ahead (probably for help), while falling the old one looks back (for the cause) Prevention is better than cure - though it is good to look for help after a fall The elderly one learns from mistakes, while the younger one overlooks the lesson. Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Jack Lookman - Olayinka Carew - Amazon - Affiliate Marketing - https://amzn.to/4bQP9U8 355. Gbógbó wa lólé, sugbọ́n ẹ́nítí ilẹ́ ba mọ́ ba ni báráwó We are all potential thieves but he that is caught is the ‘b...

352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - 290 - 299 - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman #ede Yoruba

June 05, 2024

290. Ẹ̀sín alátọ̀sí ò sí lọ́wọ́ òkóbó. Buy 352 Yoruba Proverbs Sayings And Translations - Yoruba Project - Adebanji Osanyingbemi - Olayinka Carew - Jack Lookman - https://amzn.to/4p7aCwv We do Affiliate Marketing and make commissions for every sale, at no additional cost to you. The ridiculing of the person with gonorrhea does not belong with the eunuch. Do not ridicule a person whose condition is no worse than yours'. 291. Ẹ̀ní to mọ́ kín wó He would builds does not destroy his work You do not take time to build/achieve and destroy that which you have built 292. Ìwò-o ọlọgbọ́n ò jọ ti aṣiwèrè. The way a wise person looks at things is different from the way an imbecile does. A wise person considers matter in a more rational way than an imbecile does. Complete Yoruba Course For Beginners - https://amzn.to/4dUeGKg 293. Ẹni àìgbọ́n pa ló pọ̀; ẹni ọgbọ́n pa ò tó ǹkan. People killed by folly are innumerable; people killed by wisdom are few. ...

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