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WHEN A WOMAN SETS OUT TO UPSET HER RIVAL HOUSEWIFE, SHE WOULD ASK FOR PALM OIL WITH WHICH TO EAT A SOFT PALMNUT. PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT TO CAUSE MISCHIEF WILL FIND THE SILLIEST EXCUSES.  

A CHILD THAT WILL SEEK TO RECLAIM EVERY DEBT OWED TO HIS FATHER MAY SOON FIND THAT HIS FATHER WAS ALSO INDEBTED TO PEOPLE. HE WHO DEMANDS EQUITY MUST COME WITH CLEAN HANDS.

THE LITTLE LAMB THAT MUST GROW HORNS HAD BETTER HAVE A VERY STRONG NECK. AS ABOVE. BE SURE THAT YOU ARE EQUAL TO THE TASK BEFORE YOU UNDERTAKE A DEMANDING MISSION.

A BABY MONKEY ONCE COMPLAINED TO ITS MOTHER ABOUT A TORRENTIAL RAINFALL, AND THE MOTHER ASKED: “FOR WHOM IS THE CLOUD STILL GATHERING?" (MESSAGE: NEVER MOAN ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR CONDITION; IT COULD BE WORSE!). ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE.

A MAN ENGAGED IN SOMETHING AS TOUGH AS IRON SMITHERY HAS GOT HIS FARE SHARE OF HUMAN TOILS.

A WREN PRODUCES AS MUCH BLOOD AS ITS TINY BODY CAN AFFORD. DO WHAT YOU CAN WHEN YOU CAN; NEVER GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO PLEASE OTHERS AND DISPLEASE YOURSELF.

 A CHILD WHOSE FATHER IS PART OF A JURY NEVER COMES OUT GUILTY... SOCIETY APPEARS TO APPROVE OF NEPOTISM.

WHEN A CHILD GROWS UP AND NEVER CARES TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FATHER,WHAT HAPPENED TO HIS FATHER WILL ALSO HAPPEN TO HIM. THOSE WHO NEVER LEARN FROM HISTORY WILL ALWAYS REPEAT THE MISTAKES OF HISTORY.

IF A CHILD DONS A LOIN CLOTH PREMATURELY, THE WINDS WOULD TAKE HIM AND TAKE HIS LOIN CLOTH WITH HIM. HE WHO RUSHES INTO A POSITION OF REPONSIBILITY BEFORE HIS TIME MUST BE PREPARED TO PAY THE PRICE THAT GOES WITH IT...(EARLY MARRIAGE FOR EXAMPLE).

A CHILD WITH A KEEN SENSE OF HEARING PERCEIVES THE FOOT STEPS OF PASSING SPIRITS... (WISDOM COMES TO THOSE WHO ARE EQUIPPED TO RECEIVE IT).

ONLY A GRASSHOPPER DELUDES ITSELF INTO BELIEVING THAT IT IS SHEDDING FAT WHEN IN FACT IT IS DECAYING. ONLY A FOOL WOULD FAIL TO RECOGNISE WHEN HE/SHE IS INDULGING IN A SELF-DESTRUCTIVE ACTIVITY, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE.