Kenyan Proverbs

At the harvest you know how good the millet is. Kenyan Proverbs Image

At the harvest you know how good the millet is.

Only believe a woman one day later. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Only believe a woman one day later.

When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead. Kenyan Proverbs Image

When you take a knife away from a child, give him a piece of wood instead.

If you receive a gift don’t measure it. Kenyan Proverbs Image

If you receive a gift don’t measure it.

Just because he harmed your goat, do not go out and kill his bull. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Just because he harmed your goat, do not go out and kill his bull.

There is no cure that does not have its price. Kenyan Proverbs Image

There is no cure that does not have its price.

He who refuses to obey cannot command. Kenyan Proverbs Image

He who refuses to obey cannot command.

All cassavahs have the same skins but not all taste the same. Kenyan Proverbs Image

All cassavahs have the same skins but not all taste the same.

Affairs of the home should not be discussed in the public square. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Affairs of the home should not be discussed in the public square.

A slave has no choice. Kenyan Proverbs Image

A slave has no choice.

A person changing his clothing always hides while changing. Kenyan Proverbs Image

A person changing his clothing always hides while changing.

Once you have been tossed by a buffalo, a black ox looks like a buffalo. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Once you have been tossed by a buffalo, a black ox looks like a buffalo.

Never let a hyena know how well you can bite. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Never let a hyena know how well you can bite.

The day before yesterday and yesterday are not the same as today. Kenyan Proverbs Image

The day before yesterday and yesterday are not the same as today.

Hurrying has no blessing. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Hurrying has no blessing.

How easy it is to defeat people who do not kindle fire for themselves. Kenyan Proverbs Image

How easy it is to defeat people who do not kindle fire for themselves.

How gently glides the married life away, when she who rules still seems but to obey. Kenyan Proverbs Image

How gently glides the married life away, when she who rules still seems but to obey.

When the figs are ripe all the birds want to eat. Kenyan Proverbs Image

When the figs are ripe all the birds want to eat.

Do not slaughter a calf before its mother’s eyes. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Do not slaughter a calf before its mother’s eyes.

Don’t count what they get — they count what they don’t get. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Don’t count what they get — they count what they don’t get.

Only scratch where you can reach. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Only scratch where you can reach.

Seeing is different from being told. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Seeing is different from being told.

There is no phrase that doesn’t have a double meaning. Kenyan Proverbs Image

There is no phrase that doesn’t have a double meaning.

Virtue is better than wealth. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Virtue is better than wealth.

We have not inherited this land from our ancestors Kenyan Proverbs Image

We have not inherited this land from our ancestors

The water of the river flows on without waiting for the thirsty man. Kenyan Proverbs Image

The water of the river flows on without waiting for the thirsty man.

Old age devours your youth. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Old age devours your youth.

He who is unable to dance blames it in the stony yard. Kenyan Proverbs Image

He who is unable to dance blames it in the stony yard.

A man’s actions are more important than his ancestry. Kenyan Proverbs Image

A man’s actions are more important than his ancestry.

Thunder is not yet rain. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Thunder is not yet rain.

Treat the earth well. It is loaned to you by your children. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Treat the earth well. It is loaned to you by your children.

Each has his own way of moving. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Each has his own way of moving.

A white dog does not bite another white dog. Kenyan Proverbs Image

A white dog does not bite another white dog.

Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright.

No attention is paid to him who is always complaining. Kenyan Proverbs Image

No attention is paid to him who is always complaining.

Soon found, soon lost. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Soon found, soon lost.

What’s too hard for a man must be worth looking into. Kenyan Proverbs Image

What’s too hard for a man must be worth looking into.

You may laugh at a friend’s roof; don’t laugh at his sleeping accommodation. Kenyan Proverbs Image

You may laugh at a friend’s roof; don’t laugh at his sleeping accommodation.

Absence makes the heart forget. Kenyan Proverbs Image

Absence makes the heart forget.

A loved one has no pimples. Kenyan Proverbs Image

A loved one has no pimples.

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