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Magineti moset ne kagoeet kolany ketit

You dont teach a grown up monkey how to climp a tree

Mahumba ni tombo

Love is blind

Makikwalei ketit ne kagoeet asi keyai kirokto

A fully grown up tree cannot be bent (shaped) into a walking stick

Mautie moset kolany ketit

A monkey does not forget how to climp a tree

Mgema akisifiwa tembo hulitia maji

The brewer dilutes the beer if over-praised

Mgeni siku mbili, ya tatu umpatie njembe

One is a visitor for two days only - on the third day give him a how!

Moja kwa moja

One by one; keep on truckin'

Msahau mila ni mtumwa

If you foresake your culture you become a slave

Mstahimilivu hula mbivu

The patient eats ripe fruits

Mtaka cha mvuguni sharti ainame

He who wants what is under a bed must bend over to get it (work hard for what you want and you'll get it)

Mtaka yote hukosa yote

One who wants all, usually loses all

Mtego wa panya hunasa waliokuwamo na wasiokuwamo

A rat-trap catches both the guilty and the innocent

Mungu hakuumba mtu mbaya

God didn't create any bad human being

Mungu hamfichi mnafiki

God does not conceal a liar

Mungu huwasaidia wale wanaojisaidia wenyewe

Help yourself and God will help you

Mwana ogeenda ahira maama amakesi Samia

A walking child is cleverer than its mother

Mwenda Omo na Tezi marejoe ni ngamani

Go East or West, but home is best

Mwenda pole hufika mbali

Who walks slowly will also reach the aim

Mwenye nguvu mpishe

Accord the strong right of way

Mwenye pupa hadhihiriki kula tamu

The greedy are not entitled to delicacies

Naije baa iondoe baa

New misfortunes erase older ones

Ndovu wakipigana iumiayo ni nyasi

It is the grass that suffers when elephants fight

Njia mwongo fupi

The way of the liar is short

Pole Pole ndio mwendo

Slowly slowly is speed

Radhi ni bora kuliko mali

Blessings are better than possessions

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