It is better to lose your eyes than to lose your heart.
More Swahili Proverbs:
Stretch hide while it is still green.Swahili
He who enjoys the first fruit of a country is son of that country.
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The one who has helped others climb the ladder gets kicked in the teeth.
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Never give up your own old mat for a better prayer mat which you see passing.
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A potter eats from a potsherd.
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When brothers quarrel, take a hoe and go and dig; and when they make it up, take a basket and patter the crop.
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