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

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Ṣàngó cannot destroy a huge tree.

Work in order that you might have; intentions do not become possessions; no one makes money by magic.

Working is difficult; one would rather freeload.

Long trousers do not amount to wealth; being born in Lagos does not ensure riches.

The pants that do the work that purchases the velvet fabric stays on the farm.