Ukitaka kwenda haraka, nenda peke yako, ukitaka kwenda mbali, nenda na wenzako
If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together
Rome ne fu[t] pas faite toute en un jour
from Li Proverbe au Vilain, published around 1190
Modern French: Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour
Rome wasn't built in a day
冰凍三尺,非一日之寒
Three feet of ice is not the result of one cold day
Chan ann leis a’ chiad bhuille a thuiteas a’ chraobh
It is not with the first strike that the tree will fall
Matone madogo ya maji,
Chembe kidogo za mchanga,
hutengeneza bahari kubwa
Na ardhi ya kupendeza
Vivyo hivyo zile dakika ndogo,
ingawa ni ndogo,
hutengeneza enzi za milele.
Bado tunayo hukumu hapa (duniani);
Tunafundisha tu umwagaji damu, ambayo, ukifundishwa, hurudi
ili lipiza kisasi na kumtesa mvumbuzi: mkono wa haki
huweka viungo vya kikombe chetu cha sumu
Kwa midomo yetu wenyewe. ( Makbeth Act I, Scene 7 )
Chochote apandacho mtu, ndicho atakachovuna ( Wagalatia 6:7 )
善有善報,惡有惡報
Wema hulipwa kwa wema, na ubaya kwa ubaya.
Wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus
Unacholia msituni, kitasikika tena
Ukitaka uvunguni sharti uiname
If you want something underneath [the bed] you must bend down
Mulla [Nasreddin] had lost his ring in the living room. He searched for it for a while, but since he could not find it, he went out into the yard and began to look there. His wife, who saw what he was doing, asked: “Mulla, you lost your ring in the room, why are you looking for it in the yard?” Mulla stroked his beard and said: “The room is too dark and I can’t see very well. I came out to the courtyard to look for my ring because there is much more light out here.”
- Retold by Houman Farzad, Translated from Persian by Diane L. Wilcox (1989)
[A police officer encountered a man groping about on his hands and knees]
“I lost a $2 bill down on Atlantic avenue,” said the man. “What’s that?” asked the puzzled officer. “You lost a $2 bill on Atlantic avenue? Then why are you hunting around here in Copley square?” “Because,” said the man as he turned away and continued his hunt on his hands and knees, “the light’s better up here.”
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