“Ọ̀ràn ò dun ọmọ ẹṣin; a mú ìyá ẹ̀ so, ó ńjẹ oko kiri.”
English
Problems make hardly any impression on the foal of a horse; its mother is tied down but it grazes nonchalantly about.
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