440 Swahili Proverbs / Page 18
341. 
The one who buries ivory is the one to dig it up.
342. 
The one who has helped others climb the ladder gets kicked in the teeth.
343. 
The one who is caught with the skin is the thief.
344. 
The path of a liar is short.
345. 
The patient eat ripe.
346. 
The poison for a word is a word.
347. 
The prayer of the chicken hawk does not get him the chicken.
348. 
The process of eating is not taught to a child.
349. 
The real eater is todays eater not yesterdays.
350. 
the remedy of fire is fire.
351. 
The sick man is the garden of the physicians.
352. 
The skin of yesteday's sugarcane is a havest to an ant.
353. 
The space under the bed is like a mat.
354. 
The teeth of a dog do not lock together.
355. 
The timid crow withdraws his wings from harm.
356. 
The tongue hurts more than the teeth.
357. 
The very thing you do not want, that is what pleases god.
358. 
The village cock does not crow in town.
359. 
The washer conceals the corpse.
360. 
The washer of corpses does no harm to the dead.
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