77 Somali Proverbs / Page 2
21. A thousand assignations, one marriage.
22. An escaped lie does not reach the truth.
23. An old wound will not go away.
24. Do not walk into a snake pit with your eyes open.
25. Dogs understand each other by their barking, and men by their words.
26. Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey.
27. Either be a mountain or lean on one.
28. Even the brave are scared by a lion three times: first by its tracks, again by its roar, and one last time face to face.
29. Every camel was once upon time two years old.
30. He is a fool who marries an old woman without teeth.
31. He who does not shave you does not cut you.
32. He who takes responsibility becomes the target of the people.
33. He, who does not seize opportunity today, will be unable to seize tomorrow's opportunity.
34. If people come together, they can even mend a crack in the sky.
35. If you want to dismantle a hedge, remove one thorn bush at a time.
36. Ignorance is blindness.
37. In the ocean, one does not need to sow water.
38. Let what is on this side of the bank be washed out by the flood, and what is on that side of the bank be carried away by the wind.
39. Men for tea, women for talk.
40. Oh hyena, you cannot drag away hides without making a sound.