Ilé dára ó ku ẹkẹ́; èèyàn-án dára ó ku ìwà.
Character against beauty, wealth and destiny
Ìpilẹ̀
Ilé dára ó ku ẹkẹ́; èèyàn-án dára ó ku ìwà.
Ìtumọ̀ ọ̀rọ̀-sí-ọ̀rọ̀
- Ilé dára the-house is-fine ó ku ẹkẹ́ there-remains the-pillar; èèyàn-án dára a-person is-handsome ó ku ìwà there-remains character.
Ìtumọ̀ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
"The house is beautiful but for its pillars; a person is handsome, but what of character?"
Orísun náà kò dárúkọ ẹni tí ó túmọ̀ rẹ̀.
Ohun tí ó túmọ̀ sí
A structure judged by its surface may be unsound where it bears weight.
Ìgbà tí a ń lò ó
Owomoyela: "Bad character nullifies any charm a person might have"
Àkíyèsí lórí ìtumọ̀
A variant of entry 10 with ẹkẹ́, the load-bearing pillar, in place of ìgbé, livability. The pillar version is the sharper one because it names the structural member: the fault is not in the finish but in what holds the building up.