281 Kikuyu Proverbs / Page 13
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To be praised is to be ruined.242.
To be slim does not mean having been pared.243.
To blame the wind for the rain that does not fall.244.
To come out of one's house means learning.245.
To despise the ox means to despise also a strip of hide from it.246.
To eat much leaves you with a swollen belly.247.
To forget a strong man who could help you is the same as to scorn him.248.
To forget is the same as to throw away.249.
To get the warmth of fire one must stir the embers.250.
To go does not prevent a man from returning.251.
To keep one's tongue is worthy of praise.252.
To pound water with a mortar is futile.253.
To seek a woman to the belly.254.
To stay together is to know each other.255.
To wait is not to tremble.256.
Travelling is learning.257.
Travelling is seeing.258.
Travelling teaches men their way.259.
Two guests have no welcome.260.
Two guests love a different song.