That which eats you up is in your clothing.
More Swahili Proverbs:
One finger canot kill a louse.Swahili
A tree of your height cannot shade you.
Swahili
what is not eaten by a man, let the devil eat it.
Swahili
A brother is a cooking pot, and a neighbour is a cooking pot lid.
Swahili
A bad brother is far better than no brother.
Swahili
The washer of corpses does no harm to the dead.
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