Part 5: On consistency; honesty, openness, plain speaking, reliability

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Má sẹ̀ẹ́ kí ọ̀ràn má pọ̀.
Do not deny your responsibility; that way the problem will be minimized.
(Refusing to accept one's responsibility only aggravates one's difficulties.)

“Mo kò ó” kì í ṣe àìní àpèjúwe.
“I met him” is an incomplete statement without further elaboration.
(One should say enough to make one's message understood.)