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Swahili Proverbs
(424 Proverbs)
A dead person is not asked for a shroud.
(Swahili Proverb)
A hasty person misses the sweet things.
(Swahili Proverb)
A person does not objects to being called, he objects to what he is called for.
(Swahili Proverb)
A single hand can not slaughter a cow.
(Swahili Proverb)
A wepon which you don't have in hand wont kill a snake.
(Swahili Proverb)
An old man always keeps something in reserve.
(Swahili Proverb)
Clouds are the sign of rain.
(Swahili Proverb)
Do not roast baobab kernels and leave those who have teeth chewing.
(Swahili Proverb)
Give a wizard a child to bring up.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who dances at home will be rewarded.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who fixes his mind much on water ends up not drinkink it.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who selects coconut with great care ends up getting a bad coconut.
(Swahili Proverb)
If the palmwine tapper is praised, he dilutes the palm-wine with water.
(Swahili Proverb)
If you take of your clothes for water you must bathe.
(Swahili Proverb)
One finger canot kill a louse.
(Swahili Proverb)
One with a scar, do not think him healed.
(Swahili Proverb)
Slow moving lion eats meat.
(Swahili Proverb)
The brotherhood of coconuts is a meeting in the cook-in pot.
(Swahili Proverb)
The fear of God is not wearing a white turban.
(Swahili Proverb)
The space under the bed is like a mat.
(Swahili Proverb)
To get lost is to learn the way.
(Swahili Proverb)
What beats you is what teaches you.
(Swahili Proverb)
When you go among one-eyed people, put out your own eye.
(Swahili Proverb)
Who digs the well should not be refused water.
(Swahili Proverb)
Your own bad place is far better than your companion's place.
(Swahili Proverb)
A double jointed arm follows the leg action.
(Swahili Proverb)
A hen does not break her own eggs.
(Swahili Proverb)
A person is asked about his dress not what he has eaten.
(Swahili Proverb)
A sinking vessel needs no navigation.
(Swahili Proverb)
A wife is like clothes and banana plant needs weeding.
(Swahili Proverb)
Anger brings loss.
(Swahili Proverb)
Constant dipping will empty goud of honey.
(Swahili Proverb)
Do not wake one who is sleeping; you will fall asleep yourself.
(Swahili Proverb)
Giving advice but no one listens.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who desires all, misses all.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who goes to the quarterdeck and forecastle will return to the hold eventualy.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who slaughters a beast does not hesitate about skinning it.
(Swahili Proverb)
If water is split, it can not be gathered up.
(Swahili Proverb)
If you throw a millipede you should throw away the stick you picked it up with.
(Swahili Proverb)
One fire brand after another keeps fire burning.
(Swahili Proverb)
One's foul smelling does not sicken one self but merely disguts one.
(Swahili Proverb)
Songs learnt from outside sources are not used at a dance so long.
(Swahili Proverb)
The carrier of a secret message is not told its meaning.
(Swahili Proverb)
The gratitude that bees receive is the smoke that people use to expel them and get at their honey.
(Swahili Proverb)
The teeth of a dog do not lock together.
(Swahili Proverb)
To live long is to see much.
(Swahili Proverb)
What is benig talked about is here, and if its not it's comming around behind.
(Swahili Proverb)
When you mention a snake, have a stick ready in your hand.
(Swahili Proverb)
Who tells the truth is never wrong.
(Swahili Proverb)
Your own small place is not like a big place of your companion.
(Swahili Proverb)
A drowning man catches at the water.
(Swahili Proverb)
A hen's kick does not hurt her chick.
(Swahili Proverb)
A person scratches himself where his hand can reach.
(Swahili Proverb)
A small pot boils quickly.
(Swahili Proverb)
A witchdoctor does not cure himself.
(Swahili Proverb)
Are you a duck your mind is with your children?.
(Swahili Proverb)
Constant rubbing of a rope will cut a stone.
(Swahili Proverb)
Don't quarrel with the coconut-palm climber: the coconut has been eaten by the moon.
(Swahili Proverb)
God does not concell a liar.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who desires to make something does not announce his intentions, just turns them into actions.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who has an axe does not lack firewood.
(Swahili Proverb)
He who sows disorderly fashion will eat likewise.
(Swahili Proverb)
If you are a flag follow the wind.
(Swahili Proverb)
If you want beauty, you must be injured.
(Swahili Proverb)
One follows bees will never fail to get honey.
(Swahili Proverb)
Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
(Swahili Proverb)
Stretch hide while it is still green.
(Swahili Proverb)
The child of a snake is a snake.
(Swahili Proverb)
The Iabour of childbirth is known to the mother.
(Swahili Proverb)
The timid crow withdraws his wings from harm.
(Swahili Proverb)
To run is not neccessarily to arrive.
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what is not eaten by a man, let the devil eat it.
(Swahili Proverb)
When you play with a lion, do not put your hand in its mouth.
(Swahili Proverb)
Why drive away fowls from the dung you do not eat yourself?.
(Swahili Proverb)
A bad brother is far better than no brother.
(Swahili Proverb)
A drum that is sounded loudly will soon split.
(Swahili Proverb)
A hungry man observes no taboos.
(Swahili Proverb)
A person who is in too much of a hurry stubs his toe.
(Swahili Proverb)
A stranger is like a white fowl.
(Swahili Proverb)
After distress, solace.
(Swahili Proverb)
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