Part 2: On perspicaciousness (good judgment, perceptiveness), reasonableness, sagacity, savoir-faire, wisdom, and worldly wisdom

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Ṣango does not fight and destroy the enclosure for dyeing.
(Some people are beyond the reach of some nemesis.)

Ṣàngó says he gathers people around him to fight together; Èṣù asks if Ṣàngó includes people like him, and Ṣàngó says Èṣù is the exception.
(No one wants to engage in any venture with an unpredictable trouble maker.)

Does “Give me some yam” go before “Hello there, you working man.”?
(It is bad form to ask people for favors before you say hello to them.)

The beaded musical gourd is not something to play with a stick.
(Always apply the proper tool to the job.)

Handcuffs are pretty, but the blacksmith does not fashion them for his own child.
(When trouble is being distributed, one always wishes to exempt one's own people.)

Perfidy has no home; the home of Èṣù is the crossroads.
(No one makes room in his or her home for an abomination.)