440 Swahili Proverbs / Page 23
- 221. ie One eye of a master sees more than four of a servent.
 - 222. If a native of pemba can get a log he does not relive himself on the ground.ie nothing but the best.
- 223. If an arrow goes into a forest it is not lost.
- 224. If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it's women's work.
- 225. If the hyena eats the sick man, he will eat the whole one.
- 226. If the palmwine tapper is praised, he dilutes the palm-wine with water.
- 227. If water is split, it can not be gathered up.
- 228. If you are a flag follow the wind.
- 229. If you are absent you lose your share.
- 230. If you are astonished at Moses' deeds, you will be more astonished at Pharaoh's. Not-Moses declared himself to he a prophet, but Pharaoh declared himself to be God.
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