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A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from Elphinstone Dayrell’s 1910 collection. This colonial-era retelling is preserved as a historical source, not presented as a contemporary or exhaustive account of Nigerian culture.
Eight lines describe Time as a trustee that takes youth and joy and repays only earth and dust, then turn in the closing couplet to the speaker's trust that God will raise him from that dust.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
Public-domain English source text from George Fyler Townsend’s translation of the ancient Aesopic fable tradition.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.
A main proverb preserved in Walter K. Kelly's British-centered 1859 comparative collection. The exact oral origin is not asserted, and the historical saying is not presented as present-day fact or advice.