Kikuyu Proverbs - page 9

Men are equal when they are going and walking. (Kikuyu Proverb)
A secret agreement enabled people to kill watatua. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The widow's sons have not tears. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The rich man cannot be prevented from cyltivating the ‘iganjo' he wants. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Lying is the thief's stronghold. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Every feast has its guest of honour. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A slaughter house is not without a little blood. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Another's mouth cannot take the oath for you. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
It is always the potato of another family's boy that extinguishes the fire. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
A branch of ‘mutundu' does not hinder the division of a field. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Nobody cares about other people's poverty. (Kikuyu Proverb)
No war has been fought by men carrying a calabash of ‘njohi' but of ‘ucuru'. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The blessed knife eats of the meat of the ‘kinandu'. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The fed baby plays on its mother's bed. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The hunter's son knows how to hunt. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The timid ox drinks muddy water. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The war that has no unity will make no prey. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
The antelope detests the one who announces its where about more than the one who sees it. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Home affairs are not to be carried on in the public square. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Two smells of cooking meat break the hyena's legs. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
He is a man that looks after maney as ‘njuu' looks after locusts. (Kikuyu Proverb)
One appointment is eaten by another. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
One can cause the illness which he wanted to cure. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
Unused firewood mocks the burning wood. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb
'Kanywanjui' scratches its thigh. View proverb
Kikuyu Proverb