If the hours are long enough and the pay is short enough, someone will say it’s women’s work.
More Swahili Proverbs
Delay so that you may arrive.
Anger brings damage.
If you want to eat a pig, eat a fat one.
He who sows haphazardly, eats haphazardly.
A single finger does not break a louse.
Blood is heavier than water.
If a child cries for a razor-blade, give it to him.
Intelligence is an asset.
Where smoke is being generated, there is a fire.
Nine is near ten.
If water has been spilt, it cannot be scooped up.
He who isn’t around, his share isn’t around either .
Little by little fills up the measure.
Don’t plant a seed in the sea.
Two crocodiles cannot agree.
A spear is only against a pig; against a human being it is painful.
If you destroy a bridge, be sure you can swim.
If the hyena eats the sick man, he will eat the whole one.
Give way to the strong one.
If you don’t seal a crack, you will build wall.
There are three things which if one does not know, one cannot live long in the world: what is too much for one, what is too little for one, and what is just right for one.
A distant fire does not burn. Haste has no blessing. Delay so that you may arrive.