281 Kikuyu Proverbs / Page 4
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He who seeks his goat with the man who ate it, is certain not to find it.62.
He who spends his time adorning himself knows he is going to a dance.63.
Home affairs are not to be carried on in the public squuare.64.
Home affairs cannot be told to the public.65.
Home affairs have their staff, which cannot be brandished by anyone but the head of the house.66.
Home affairs must not go into the open.67.
Hyena says that men are wise because they know how to hold a firebrand.68.
If anybody makes you laugh, it is not always because he loves you.69.
If the cap fits wear it.70.
If the first goat goes lame, those that follow will not reach the pasture.71.
If you help yourself you will be helped.72.
In every family where there is a son, the head of an ox, goat or ram is cooked to be eaten by him with his friends.73.
In the presence of elderly people one must not pour water.74.
Indulgence breeds regret.75.
It is always the potato of another family's boy that extinguishes the fire.76.
It is bad to get old, for one goes to bed grumbling.77.
It is bad to stay at home.78.
It is he who got milk that is merciful.79.
It is not the mother's will to have a bad offspring.80.
It is not the owner, trampling his own field, that spoils it.