Part 1: On humility, self-control, self-knowledge, self-respect, and self-restraint

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“Who is there whose opinion matters?” is the attitude that makes the farmer come into town dressed only in a loin cloth.

Who knows O'kolo in Ọ̀yọ́?

What would a dog be doing in a mosque?

At whose dinner table is the dog wagging its tail?

Spinach is never disgraced.

The turkey knows towards whom it farts.

90. Òkolo is not a Yorùbá but an Ijọ name.  [Back to text]

91. The Yorùbá do not consider dogs to be preferred company.  [Back to text]

92. The play is on the syllable tẹ̀, which occurs in tẹ̀tẹ̀ (spinach) and tẹ́ (to be disgraced).  [Back to text]