440 Swahili Proverbs / Page 4
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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.