281 Kikuyu Proverbs / Page 6
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Nobody entering a hut pays for the heart he will enjoy in it.102.
Nobody gathers firewood to roast a thin goat.103.
Nobody grumbles at being rich, all at being poor.104.
Nobody grumbles while carrying a load, but when he has laid it down.105.
Nobody is born wise.106.
Nobody knows where he goes, but only whence he comes.107.
Nobody returns where he got his finger bitten,.108.
Nobody throws a lance if he has no target.109.
Nobody walks with another man's gait.110.
Nobody wants to meet an ill-omened bird.111.
Not to talk is to hate.112.
Old people's walking teaches young ones to walk.113.
One ages every night one lives.114.
One appointment is eatedn by another.115.
One can lose four and eight.116.
One favours him from whom one has in the past received a gift.117.
One finger does not kill a louse.118.
Other's ornaments tire one's neck.119.
People are consumed by evil because of keeping close to it, but not because of keeping away from it.120.
People count the refusals, do not count the gifts.