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| African Quotable
Quotes: Shona Tribe |
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Running is not getting
there.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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The heart is like a
tree, it grows where it wishes.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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The only place that is far for a
hyena, is the place that has no food.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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He who has skin has
meat, it's better than having bone
Shona Tribe Proverb
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He who weeps sheds
tears
Shona Tribe Proverb
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He who warns you is
your friend
Shona Tribe Proverb
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A hill is steep for
those who live far off, those who leave near, play running
uphill and downhill
Shona Tribe Proverb
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You have no power over
what does not belong to you.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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Only what you have
eaten is surely yours, what you haven't is owed to the
king.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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What grows withers
away, an old baboon's head is deformed into the shape of a
spoon.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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A sin against the gods
is not repaid the day it is committed.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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You would only know
your grandmother after being told.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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"If I had
known" cannot guide you.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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The boss is always the
boss. A big bird can't perch on grass leaves.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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A goat will only give
birth in front of people to be protected from dogs.
Shona Tribe Proverb
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