“Ẹni tí a gbé gun ẹlẹ́dẹ̀, ìwọ̀n ni kó yọ̀ mọ; ẹni tó gẹṣin, ilẹ̀ ló ḿbọ̀.”
English
The person whom people have seated on a pig should moderate his or her strutting; even a horse rider will eventually come down to earth.
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