Shona Tribe Quotable Quotes, set one

Running is not getting there.

The heart is like a tree, it grows where it wishes.

The only place that is far for a hyena, is the place that has no food.

He who has skin has meat, it’s better than having bone

He who weeps sheds tears

He who warns you is your friend

A hill is steep for those who live far off, those who leave near, play running uphill and downhill

You have no power over what does not belong to you.

Only what you have eaten is surely yours, what you haven’t is owed to the king.

What grows withers away, an old baboon’s head is deformed into the shape of a spoon.

A sin against the gods is not repaid the day it is committed.

You would only know your grandmother after being told.

“If I had known” cannot guide you.

The boss is always the boss. A big bird can’t perch on grass leaves.

A goat will only give birth in front of people to be protected from dogs.

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