907 Proverbs about Water / Page 27
521. A drowning man catches at the water.
522. If the palmwine tapper is praised, he dilutes the palm-wine with water.
523. He who fixes his mind much on water ends up not drinkink it.
524. He who drinks water with one hand finds out his thirst is still there.
525. To a seamen of Kwale, death by water is common experience.
526. When your Companion is being shaved, put water.
527. Don't pour away your water due to a mirage.
528. It is foolish for someone to remain thirsty when he is in the midst of water.
529. You think of water when the well is empty.
530. The same water never runs into the same river.
531. A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.
532. A fool is thirsty in the midst of water.
533. The coward sweats in water.
534. The son of the nile thirsts for water.
535. It is like using a spoon to get water from the nile.
536. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
537. The passions are like fire and water: good servants but bad masters.
538. The best fishing is in the deepest waters.
539. Advice, like water, takes the form of the vessel which it is poured into.
540. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water.
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