Anaghị eji ahụhụ anya isi.

You don’t boast with suffering or hardship.

The traditional proverb notes that one does not glory in suffering.

• Postproverbial: I ga-asi ahụhụ n’ike agwụla gi?
  Translation: Can you tell suffering that you are tired or that you don’t have strength for it?
  
• Postproverbial: Ahụhụ na-enye ọbara.
  Translation: Suffering gives blood.
  

Nigeria (Igbo)

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