Kikuyu Proverbs - page 6

One favours him from whom one has in the past received a gift. (Kikuyu Proverb)
Other's ornaments tire one's neck. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
People count the refusals, do not count the gifts. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The river is crossed where it is shallow. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The sky is heavy with rain, but does not come. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The sleeping dog is turned by a stick. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The son does not cut his finger in cutting meat for his father. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The song of a stranger-woman is answered after she has gone. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The song that has no leader, goes wrong. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The stream does not pass over an old stone. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The tooth laughs with the lance. (Kikuyu Proverb)
The vulture perches on the trees because it does not feel sure on the ground. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The war of the eyes never comes to an end. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The whetstone in a village does no blunt the knife. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The woman who gives birth to a child is like the banana tree that breaks under the weight of its fruit. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
People slander somebody even if they do not despise him. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
People who have not secret agreement are beaten by a single club. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Prophet copies a prophet. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Quarrelling is peculiar to the woman who has got male children. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Resist the beginnings. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Rich people cook their food in a potsherd. (Kikuyu Proverb)
Rich people sometimes eat badfood. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Riches and poverty do not leave each other. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Riches are found in cultivating together. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
She who ignores advice does not resist when being prepared for burial. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb