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Òwe

Yoruba proverbs

Òwe lẹṣin ọ̀rọ̀ — “proverbs are the horses of speech”: when words get lost, proverbs carry the meaning home.

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Ọwọ́ ọmọdé kò tó pẹpẹ, tàgbàlagbà kò wọ akèrègbè.

“A child's hand cannot reach the high shelf; an elder's hand cannot fit into the gourd.”Meaning: Young and old need each other; each generation has what the other lacks.