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Part 4: On perseverance, industry, resilience, self-confidence, self-reliance, resourcefulness, daring, fortitude, and invulnerability

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Tàkúté tí yó pa Aláginjù á pẹ́ lóko kí wọ́n tó gbé e wálé.
The snare that will capture the lord of the wilderness will stay long in the bush before returning home.
(Whoever attempts the impossible is in for long frustration.)

Tàpò-tàpò là ńyọ jìgá; tewé-tewé là ńyán ẹ̀kọ.
With sac and all is how to remove jiggers; with its wrapping leaves is the way to buy corn meal.
(One must do things thoroughly, not by halves.)

Tẹ̀tẹ̀ ẹ̀gún ti lómi tẹ́lẹ̀ kójò tó rọ̀ sí i.
The prickly spinach was succulent before the rain fell on it.
(A statement that one does not depend on largess from other people.)

Títa ríro là ńkọlà, bó bá jinná a di tẹni.
Facial scarification comes with a great deal of pain; when it heals its beauty becomes one's pride.
(Good things come with some pain.)

Tojú tìyẹ́ làparò-ó fi ńríran.
It is with both its eyes and its feathers that the partridge sees.
(A statement that one is all eyes.)

Tọ̀sán tòru, imú ò gbélẹ̀; bó ba dákẹ́, a jẹ́ pé ó pin.
Day or night, the nose does not rest; if it stops, that means the end.
(Some things are so reliable that they never fail.)

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