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African Quotable Quotes: Ndebele Tribe Zimbabwe

There is no handsome person without a defect.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

There is no stretch of open country without a grave.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

It (cow) kicks the one milking it.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

Yesterday is buried.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

There is no home without a grave.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

Death has no sense of shame.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

The cub of a lion is a lion.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

Burnt soot is found on every pot.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

There is no sun that rose before a sunset.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

The ear tells the heart.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

The elephant is not burdened by its trunk.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

The crafty person is consumed by other crafty people.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

The industrious person consumes his own sweat.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

There is no partridge that scratches for another.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

The messenger has no crime.

Ndebele Tribe Proverb, Zimbabwe 

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