Yàrá kótópó gba ogún ọ̀rẹ́ (learn insight from this proverb)

Yàrá kótópó gba ogún ọ̀rẹ́, 

bí ìfẹ́ bá wà láàárín in wọn. /

A little room is good enough for 20 friends, 

if there is love among them.

[Little is much when love is in it; with love, other concerns pale.]

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Òwe: Àgbàtán làá gb'ọ̀lẹ,

Òwe: Àgbàtán làá gb'ọ̀lẹ, 

bí a bá d'áșọ fún ọ̀lẹ, 

àá paá l'áró.

Literal Translation: A lazy person must be helped completely,

 when we gift a lazy person clothes,

 we should also dye it.

Meaning: Do not do things half-measured.

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Rírà ni í kẹ́yìn pupa ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ tí kò bá rí ẹni jẹ ẹ́ (Read insight to this proverb)

Rírà ni í kẹ́yìn pupa ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ tí kò bá rí ẹni jẹ ẹ́. /

Rottenness is what ends the life of a ripe banana, if it gets no one to eat it. 

[Promptly take advantage of opportunities; 

make hay while the sun shines.]

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Àgbẹ̀ tó jẹun yó tó fọ́ akèrègbè (Read insight to this proverb)

,Àgbẹ̀ tó jẹun yó tó fọ́ akèrègbè

 ti gbàgbé pé ọjọ́ òǹgbẹ ṣì ḿbọ̀ /

A farmer who ate, 

had his fill,

 and broke the water gourd forgot that days of thirst are still ahead.

[Never repay good with evil; 

never slam the door on your way out; 

keep the future in view.]

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Ewúrẹ́ tó lè kígbe jù, kọ́ lebi ńpa jù (Read insight to this proverb)

 Ewúrẹ́ tó lè kígbe jù, kọ́ lebi ńpa jù.

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The goat that bleats the loudest, is not necessarily the most famished. 

[Appearance isn't necessarily reality;

 noise or drama isn't necessarily substance.]

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