He who spekes ill of someone close to you in your presence sends you to tell him so.
More Swahili Proverbs:
How can you be burnt by chilies which you have not eaten?.Swahili
Work the clay while it is still wet.
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What beats you is what teaches you.
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One who walks with no reason is not like one who sits without reason, the one who walks might pick up something.
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He who plays with mud will get splashed.
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Don't quarrel with the coconut-palm climber: the coconut has been eaten by the moon.
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