41 Quotes by Yoruba Proverb

A door without a knocker should keep its peace; a fatherless child does not fight an unjust fight.

A false friend, a friendly fraud: both are like thieves.

An ill-natured woman will not give birth to twins; only good-natured people give birth to twins. (Only good people are fortunate enough to have twins.)

He-who-shares-one's-food-but-does-not-share-one's-tasks-is-a-freeloader; he who eats the sweet should also eat the sour.

One person's illness or death will not indemnify others against death.

The freeloader always seeks opportunities to take as much as possible from his or her benefactor.

When a child outgrows whipping, he becomes a person one looks at and roll one's eyes in disgust.

A person who has been seen has no further need of hiding.

An excessively delicate thing is easy to ruin.