One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.

Yoruba Proverb

Feel How It Hurts

Topic: Virtue, Morality, & Ethics

“One going to take a pointed stick to pinch a baby bird should first try it on himself to feel how it hurts.”

African Traditional Religions
Yoruba Proverb

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 114 [Yoruba Proverb].