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

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The recent throw-it-all-on-the-floor-that-we-may-redistribute-it inheritance was not well distributed the first time around.
(Whatever needs to be done again must not have been done well the first time.)

It is wrapping that makes a knife sharp.
(Only by taking great care of them does one keep one's possessions in good shape.)

It is bit by bit that the nose of the pig enters the fence.
(A small problem, if not attended to, becomes unmanageable.)

The diviner does not take Ifá lightly.
(One should not be careless about one's livelihood.)

The egg-bearing spider never leaves its eggs behind.
(One does not turn one's back on one's treasure.)

Stop and say hello to the wicked; if you do not say hello to the wicked, the wicked will find problems for you.
(One's best defence against the wicked is ingratiation.)