253 Bajan Proverbs / Page 7
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Resist the beginnings.122.
Respect due to a dog.123.
Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.124.
Riches are found in cultivating together.125.
Stolen things bring in misfortune.126.
Strength does not correspond with courage.127.
Strength has nothing.128.
Studyation beat Education.129.
Take an oath only for the hand youslept on.130.
Talk does mek talk.131.
The abyss laughs at the plain.132.
The animal caught in the trap does not refuse to set itself free.133.
The animal rambling in the stable makes the sleeping ones rise too.134.
The baby nursed by its grandmother can never be corrected.135.
The baby that refuses its mother's breast, will never be full.136.
The bird who has always possessed a beak, does not pick up for another.137.
The blessed knife eats of the meat of the 'kinandu'.138.
The cimex lives in the firewood and still it reaches its full growth.139.
The cooking pot on the fire leaks, when pouring water it is broken.140.
The cow has a bad delivery though her owner is present.