Masai Proverbs
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Nobody can say he is settled anywhere forever: it is only the mountains which do not move from their places.
No matter how young or weak a child may be on his father's death, he is strong in his own kraal, for his friends will see that he inherits the cattle.
One finger does not kill a louse.
One head cannot hold all wisdom.
One house cannot be divided.
She is treading against the post like one who is not allowed in the warriors' kraals.
Teeth do not see poverty.
The bark of one tree will not adhere to another tree.
The belly does not swell if a woman is not pregnant.
The boaster will not cross the valley.
The buttocks and the ground do not remain long apart.
The buttocks never mistake the ground.
The children are the bright moon.
The cow has no owner.
The cow said 'Say as many words about me as I have hairs in my body.'
The daily path never ends.
The elephant can trip over a creeping plant.
The elephant does not get tired of his tusks.
The eye cannot penetrate darkness.
The eye of God is large.
The fart of the mouth and that of the bottom are not the same.
The firewood which has been cut ready for burning laughs at that which is being consumed.
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