Shona Tribe Quotable Quotes, set four

A witch must operate far from home so that neighbors can at least defend you

The wearing out of an animal hide is as if it never had meat

After living in a cattle kraal, a white grub thinks itself a cow too

A poor person won’t kill an animal that has leather

A baboon may be ugly but it won’t eat a carcass

“Something killed it, an owl can’t die because of the wind.”

‘Innocent’ dogs chew up leather mats

An impossibility is an impossibility, a cough cannot abort a pregnancy

The power of fish is in water

One finger can’t squeeze a flea

If the gods give you a wound, they have allowed flies to eat you

Anything new is under your foot

Lone planner burnt his own blanket

During courtship a man humbles himself, then raises his head after winning the woman’s heart

A small flame burnt huge logs down.

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