Better to stumble with toe than toungue.
More Swahili Proverbs:
Take one, not that you may return with ten.Swahili
The tongue hurts more than the teeth.
Swahili
The prayer of the chicken hawk does not get him the chicken.
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The skin of yesteday's sugarcane is a havest to an ant.
Swahili
Do not abuse palm-wine tappers while drunkness persists.
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An infidel who does you good turn is not like a Muslim who does not.
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