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Iliharirishwa miezi 5 iliyopita
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Sufuria ikiangaliwa haichemki
Have you ever noticed that time seems to pass more slowly when you are waiting for something? On the other hand, if you distract yourself with other engaging activities, time goes by quickly.

For example, if you're in a waiting room for a doctor, the wait will seem shorter if you check your phone or read a magazine, rather than just waiting for your name being called.

This proverb was attributed by Benjamin Franklin to Poor Richard's Almanac, however it doesn't actually appear there. Instead, Franklin used it in an essay on animal magnetism in 1785.

I was very Hungry; it was so late; “a watched pot is slow to boil,” as Poor Richard says.

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Methali zaidi
Majani huonekana ya kijani zaidi upande mwengine
Methali hii inahusiana na tabia ya kufikiria kwamba watu wengine wana vitu vizuri zaidi, hali nzuri zaidi nk... Kwa mfano kufikiri jirani yako ana majani mazuri kuliko wewe.

Chanzo cha methali hii ni "Sanaa ya Upendo" na Ovid, kitabu cha mashairi yaliyotungwa ili kutoa shauri kwa wanaume na wanawake kuhusu kutafuta na kudumisha mahusiano ya kimapenzi. Kitabu hiki kiliandikwa zaidi ya miaka 2000 iliyopita, takribani 2 KK:
Watu hutaka furaha mpya. Huwa tunaona kuwa watu wengine wana bahati zaidi kuliko sisi wenyewe. Mazao daima ni bora katika shamba la jirani yetu; ng'ombe wake hutoa maziwa zaidi. 
 - Ovid Ars Amatoria (Sanaa ya Upendo), Ukurasa wa 24

Kwa upande mmoja, methali hii inamaanisha, bora kushika kile ulicho nacho, na kupuuza kile ambacho wengine wanacho, hata kama inaonekana ni bora zaidi. Lakini pia kwa mtazamo mwengine, inamaanisha bora kutumia akili yako katika kuboresha hali yako mwenyewe (kama kumwagilia shamba lako) badala ya kufikiria sana ukweli kwamba shamba lako, au hali kwa ujumla, ni duni. Methali nyingine ni "Majani huonekana ya kijani zaidi pale ambapo yalipomwagiliwa maji." 

Methali zinazofanana kikanuni:
Kihindi: 
दूर के ढोल सुहावने लगते हैं
Ngoma za mbali husikika vizuri
Kichina: 
隔籬飯香 
Wali wa jirani hunukia vizuri
Kijapani:
隣の芝生は青く見える
Majani ya jirani huonekana kijana zaidi
Kurusi:
соседняя очередь всегда движется быстрее
Foleni nyingine husogea kwa kasi zaidi
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Iliharirishwa miezi 5 iliyopita
by
Brighid McCarthy
Kile kinachozunguka huja karibu
Huwa tunatendewa kama tunavyowatendea wengine. Kwa kawaida methali hii hutumika kama onyo, au wakati mtu mbaya anapata alichostahili. Lakini pia inaweza kutumika kama tumaini la baraka kwa wale wanaofanya mema. Chimbuko halisi cha methali hiyo haijulikani, lakini ilianza Amerika miaka za 60 hivi. Inaendana na kanuni la Karma katika dini ya Kihindi.

Methali na nukuu zinazohusiana:
Shakespeare: 
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 )
Biblia:
Chochote apandacho mtu, ndicho atakachovuna ( Wagalatia 6:7 )
Kichina: 
善有善報，惡有惡報
Wema hulipwa kwa wema, na ubaya kwa ubaya. 
Kijerumani:
Wie man in den Wald hineinruft, so schallt es heraus
Unacholia msituni, kitasikika tena
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Iliharirishwa miezi 5 iliyopita
by
Brighid McCarthy
To ask is not ignorance
Many people are afraid to ask questions because they don't want to be seen as stupid. But asking questions is the best way to learn from others.

Asking questions also helps others around you. Have you ever hesitated to ask a question because you thought others already understood... but later you realized they didn't either? 

This proverb is similar to the English saying, “There's no such thing as a stupid question.”
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Iliharirishwa miezi 5 iliyopita
by
Brighid McCarthy
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A penny saved is a penny earned
A penny that stays in your pocket can be used for another purpose. It could be used to buy something else, or you could lend or invest it to yield more money in the future. In economics, this principle is called "opportunity cost". When we spend money or time on one thing, we also lose the opportunity to use it for something else.

This proverb is usually attributed to Benjamin Franklin, but he did not originate it, nor did he use the exact phrase. Similar versions of the proverb appear in earlier sources. For example:
A penny spar'd is twice got.
- Outlandish Proverbs by George Herbert (1640) 

In Poor Richard's Almanac (1736), Benjamin Franklin quotes the proverb and explains it well:
Necessary Hints to Those That Would Be Rich
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money. For six pounds a year [interest] you may have the use of one hundred pounds [a loan], provided you are a man of known prudence and honesty.
He that spends a groat [4 pence] a day idly spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price for the use of one hundred pounds.
He that wastes idly a groat's [4  pence] worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day.
He that idly loses five shillings' worth of time loses five shillings, and might as prudently throw five shillings into the sea.
He that loses five shillings not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in dealing, which by the time that a young man becomes old will amount to a considerable sum of money.
Again, he that sells upon credit asks a price for what he sells equivalent to the principal and interest of his money for the time he is to be kept out of it, therefore, he that buys upon credit pays interest for what he buys, and he that pays ready money might let that money out to use, so that he that possesses anything he has bought pays interest for the use of it.
Yet in buying goods it is best to pay ready money, because he that sells upon credit expects to lose five per cent by bad debts; therefore he charges on all he sells upon credit an advance that shall make up that deficiency. Those who pay for what they buy upon credit pay their share of this advance. He that pays ready money escapes, or may escape, that charge.
"A penny saved is twopence clear;
A pin a day's a groat a year."

So, next time you think about spending money or time on something, ask yourself what the opportunity cost might be. If you didn't spend it, could you lend it to someone else? Could you pay off your existing debts? Could you invest in something that might bring a larger profit in the future?

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Iliharirishwa miezi 5 iliyopita
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Brighid McCarthy
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