440 Swahili Proverbs / Page 40
- 391. what is not eaten by a man, let the devil eat it.
 - 392. What the heart desires is medicine to it.
- 393. When a bull gets his leg broken, he is sure to go back to his yard.
- 394. When a child cries for a razor give it him.
- 395. When a fool becomes enlightened, the wise man is in trouble.
- 396. When a plate is covered, its contents are hidden.
- 397. When a poor man gets something he boasts of his new wealth.
- 398. When an oxhorn of a news man is sounded, something is wrong.
- 399. When brothers quarrel, take a hoe and go and dig; and when they make it up, take a basket and patter the crop.
- 400. when the cat goes away, mice reign.
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