What can be expected to be dropped is held in the hands, but what is in the heart I shall die with.
More Shona Proverbs:
The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.Shona
No matter how thoroughly a crow may wash, it remains ever black.
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It is mysterious if a baboon falls from a tree.
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The chakata fruit on the ground belongs to all, but the one on the tree is for she who can climb.
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A new thing does not come to she who sits, but to she who travels.
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