By Bosoo Nchoko
- One house cannot be divided
- It is the belly which daily gives thanks.
- Life has seasons.
- Lonely is one.
- Man is always beaten by his own tricks.
- May you be as big as the white mountain.
- One finger does not kill a louse.
- One head cannot hold all wisdom.
- One house cannot be divided.
- The buttocks never mistake the ground
The cow has no owner. - The daily path never ends.
- The elephant does not get tired of his tusks.
- The eye cannot penetrate darkness.
- The eye of God is large.
- The forest has ears.
- The man does not see the brisket he is eating.
- The neck cannot become the head.
- The night has ears.
- The village which is not discussed is not built.
- The withered tree will destroy the healthy tree when it falls down.
- The words of the elders are blessed.
- You cannot force water up a hill.
- You know what to say, but you do not know what you might be told.
- Foolishness first, then wisdom.
- Friendship likes distance.
- Happiness is as good as food.
- He is like a hyena’s sinew.
- He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony.
- Hide the mouthfuls of food.
- Home is not far away when you are alive.
- A lion can run faster than we can, but we can run further.
- A particle of goat dung cannot be eaten by a large gourd.
- A proverb does not answer itself.
- A zebra takes its stripes wherever it goes.
- Be as familiar with observation as you are with the place you live.
- Daylight follows a dark night.
- Do not allow the belly to make you useless.
- Do not sweep someone else’s home while yours is dirty.
- Don’t fight a lion with a stick.
- Don’t pinch the heifer’s vagina
- Don’t praise tomorrow because tomorrow praises itself.
- Don’t reply one wrong with another.
- It is better to be poor and live long than to be rich and die young
- It is impossible to find a man who has everything, but it is possible to find one who enjoys the things he has.