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117. Naxe, ku ca am mbubb, am ca tubéy, mbaxana të la ca. (2,15)<br />
Kuy nax may mbubb, tubëy ja të la. (19)<br />
You may manage to get the mbubboo by deception, and even the pants and fail to<br />
get the hat.<br />
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all the<br />
time, but you can't fool all the people all the time.”<br />
You cannot continually deceive people without it becoming plain one day. It is not<br />
possible to get everything you want by deceiving others.<br />
Decisions<br />
118. Falleen bët, folli nopp. (2,15)<br />
119. Kilifa day folliy noppam fal ay gëtam. (9)<br />
118. Elect the eyes and dethrone the ears.<br />
119. A ruler should dethrone his ears and elect his eyes.<br />
We should believe what we see ourselves not what we hear. A ruler should get his facts<br />
right before taking a decision based on what he sees rather than on what he has heard.<br />
Dependence<br />
120. Ku ëmb sa sanqal, ëmb sa kersa. (2,6,7,11,12,14,15,19)<br />
Ku yëy sa sanqal ëmb sa kersa. (14)<br />
He who keeps the millet flour that feeds you in a sack, keeps in the same sack<br />
your dignity.<br />
“Don't bite the hand that feeds you.”<br />
He who lives off you, or in dependence on you, must also defer to you. Dependence is<br />
debasing. When a person is dependent on someone, he must show them respect.<br />
121. Lafañ, boroomi mbaam lay faral. (6,15,16)<br />
Làggeek boroomi mbaam ay far. (19)<br />
Lafañ, boroomi mbaam lay àndal. (2)<br />
A paralytic always takes the side of the man with the donkeys.<br />
Advantage is the cement of a union. One always sides with a person on whom one is<br />
dependent, even to the point of lying to avoid telling a truth which might not please him.<br />
Deprivation<br />
122. Xale bu tàmmul tumuranke du xam àddina. (15)<br />
The child who is not accustomed to deprivation will not attain the maturity of spirit<br />
to live a normal life.<br />
“It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.” (Lamentations 3:27<br />
NIV)<br />
Desires<br />
123. Bu bëgg-bëgg doonoon jëmm, dina bëmëx boroomam ci kàmb. (11,12)<br />
If desire had a body it would knock its possessor into a ditch.<br />
There are those that once they desire something they lose all reason.<br />
124. Bëgg a dem taxul a dem, mën a dem ay tax a dem. (2,5,6,8)<br />
The desire to go alone does not result in leaving; it is the ability to go which does.<br />
One cannot leave every time one wishes to.<br />
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