Kikuyu proverbs

A lame of heart is not a lame of leg; he cannot be recognized.

Birds agree when flying down, but do not agree when flying up.

He who adorns himself knows to what sort of dance he is going.

The land enriches not people who clear it, but people who come.

People who have not secret agreement are beaten by a single club.

He is a man that looks after maney as 'njuu' looks after locusts.

If anybody makes you laugh, it is not always because he loves you.

Some hope for rain even though they have not prepared their fields.

The property of a helpless man must nit be divided before his death.

When there is shortage of figs, birds eat the fruits of the 'mugumo'.

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