440 Swahili Proverbs / Page 16
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She who is pregnant, is pregnant-even though she wrap herself in an 'mkaja'.302.
Slow moving lion eats meat.303.
Songs learnt from outside sources are not used at a dance so long.304.
Stretch hide while it is still green.305.
Stretch your legs the length of your bed.306.
Take one, not that you may return with ten.307.
Talk of the devil, and you'll hear the rustle of his wings.308.
That is fashionable in town is never prohibited.309.
That which eats you up is in your clothing.310.
That which is written by God is what is.311.
The ape does not see his own backside, he Sees his companion's.312.
The area covered by your life is not as important as what you can build on it.313.
The beareved begins the wailing latter others join.314.
The begining is bud the end is coconut.315.
The begining of a dance is lele.316.
The begining of a mat-making is two slips of raffia leaf.317.
The blindnes of that one is his good fortune.318.
The brotherhood of coconuts is a meeting in the cook-in pot.319.
The carrier of a secret message is not told its meaning.320.
The child of a snake is a snake.