No matter how thoroughly a crow may wash, it remains ever black.
More Shona Proverbs:
A new thing does not come to she who sits, but to she who travels.Shona
A hunter has no mysterious notions about the forest.
Shona
Green maize abounds at the houses of those without teeth.
Shona
The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
Shona
It is mysterious if a baboon falls from a tree.
Shona
The chakata fruit on the ground belongs to all, but the one on the tree is for she who can climb.
Shona