440 Swahili Proverbs / Page 4
61. A rope parts where it is thinnest.
62. A rotten coconut in a heap spoils the wholesome ones.
63. A satisfied person does not know the hungry man.
64. A sick person is not asked for porridje.
65. A single hand can not nurse a child.
66. A single hand can not slaughter a cow.
67. A sinking vessel needs no navigation.
68. A small pot boils quickly.
69. A son will be what he was taught.
70. A stranger is like a white fowl.
71. A tailor does not select his cloth.
72. A thief finds another one.
73. A thief is a rogue but the one who repays is a gentleman.
74. A thief is caught by his fellow thief.
75. A thing that is firmly fixed cannot be dislodged except with much trouble.
76. A tongue has no bone.
77. A traveller does not make a mess where he had made a camp as he might one day come back.
78. A traveller is poor, even though he being a ruler.
79. A tree of your height cannot shade you.
80. A vessel running agroud has no captain.