Things will eventually improve despite the present difficulties. We do not look for a man clad in white cloth in the quarters of the palm-oil maker. N.B.-We should not expect any result from incongruous or inadequate means. N.B.-Said of the spendthrift and the improvident. Odzu kokoro baba okandzua.
Covetousness is the father of unsatisfied desires.
Ologbo babu arokin. The ologbo is the father of traditionalists. N.B.-Ologbo is the title of one of the king's privy counselors, who also acts the part of chronicler or narrator of ancient traditions. A strong man who is destitute of forethought is the father of laziness. Eleda eda li Olorun da Di.