30. Eng:
ka'bamo yen
If you see your mates in high positions,
As they have risen above you while you are lowly,
Yoruba: Nigbati ti o ba ri awon ore e ni ipo tioga
Ti won ti ga ju e lo ti wo de wa ni isale
31. Eng:
Yoruba:
Then, turn to it (my advice) without any delay,
For you cannot achieve your wish by any further
delay (in turning to it).
Seri pada sibi oro mi ki o si pa ifakunukunu ti
Kii se pelu ifakunukun ni eniyan maa fi n ri ohun ti
o ba n wa.
KNOWLEDGE VERSUS MONEY: AN APPRAISAL
IGBEYEWO AJULO TINBE LARIN OWO ATI MIMO
32. Eng:
Yoruba:
33. Eng:
34. Eng:
Do not be proud of your wealth but pay no
attention to it. Wealth is nothing but what you
have acquire (of knowledge).
Mase marin arinyan pelu owo re, ki osi gunri kuro
nibe
Kii se owo ni o lese ayafi imo ti eniyan bani.
An ignorant one cannot be of help to people,
Even if he becomes the king of Iraq.
Your knowledge will speak well of you before the
whole world,
But if you conceal it, this will someday be written
against you.
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