Had you known what bees eat, you would not have tasted the honey.
More Swahili Proverbs:
He who desires all, misses all.Swahili
Refusing and wanting at the same time.
Swahili
Give a wizard a child to bring up.
Swahili
Why drive away fowls from the dung you do not eat yourself?.
Swahili
If you see something and say nothing, you will have nothing to suffer for.
Swahili
Eyes have no screens, they see all that is within view.
Swahili