281 Kikuyu Proverbs / Page 7
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People slander somebody even if they do not despise him.122.
People who have not secret agreement are beaten by a single club.123.
Prophet copies a prophet.124.
Quarrelling is peculiar to the woman who has got male children.125.
Resist the beginnings.126.
Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.127.
Rich people sometimes eat badfood.128.
Riches and poverty do not leave each other.129.
Riches are found in cultivating together.130.
She who ignores advice does not resist when being prepared for burial.131.
Some hope for rain even though they have not prepared their fields.132.
Stolen things bring in misfortune.133.
Strength does not correspond with courage.134.
Strength has nothing.135.
Take an oath only for the hand youslept on.136.
Talking something over is better than leaving it pending.137.
Ten helpless people were surpassed by a single strong person.138.
That of circumcision is a hard appointment.139.
The 'gicegu' of many men is not good.140.
The abyss laughs at the plain.