Tí a bá fi ọwọ́ ọ̀tún b’ọ́mọ wí, a fi t’òsì fà á mọ́ra.

When we admonish the child with the right hand, we must embrace him with the left.

• Postproverbial: Tí a bá fi ọwọ́ ọ̀tún b’ọ́mọ wí, a fi t’òsì gbá a l’ójú.
  Translation: When we admonish the child with the right hand, we must slap him with the left.
  

Nigeria (Yoruba)

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