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

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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.)

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.)

The prickly spinach was succulent before the rain fell on it.
(A statement that one does not depend on largess from other people.)

Facial scarification comes with a great deal of pain; when it heals its beauty becomes one's pride.
(Good things come with some pain.)

It is with both its eyes and its feathers that the partridge sees.
(A statement that one is all eyes.)

Day or night, the nose does not rest; if it stops, that means the end.
(Some things are so reliable that they never fail.)