Ẹni a fẹ́ kì í ṣìwà hù.

Ce que cela signifie

Affection suspends judgement of character.

Employé quand

Owomoyela: "To be loved is to be infallible" Said sarcastically, of favouritism.

Notes sur la traduction

Ṣìwà, from ṣì (to err) plus ìwà, is a single word for having bad character, and it takes the same verb hù as good character does. The proverb is descriptive, not approving: it reports a bias rather than endorsing it, and its normal use is to point out that a bias is operating.

Dans cette collection

• Ìwà lẹwà.Character is beauty.
• Ìwà rere lẹ̀ṣọ́ èèyàn; ehín funfun lẹ̀ṣọ́ ẹ̀rín.Good character is a person's best adornment; white teeth are the adornment of a smile.
• Ìwà lòrìṣà; bí a ti hù ú sí ní ńgbeni sí.Character is a god; just as one lives it, so it succors one.
• Ìwà lẹ̀sìn.Character is worship.
• Ìwà kì í fi oníwà sílẹ̀.Character will not forsake its owner.
• Tìwà tìwà là ńràjò.It is in the company of one's character that one goes on a journey.