An ivory tooth is not cure for the lost tooth.
More Swahili Proverbs:
You canot know the bugs of a bed that you have not lain on.Swahili
Where there are plenty of trees there are no builders.
Swahili
A thief is a rogue but the one who repays is a gentleman.
Swahili
The sick man is the garden of the physicians.
Swahili
If you find your own house is on fire, you may be sure that your neighbour's house is burning much more fiercely.
Swahili
One's foul smelling does not sicken one self but merely disguts one.
Swahili