Chose promise, chose due.
Lililoahadiwa litadaiwa
Долг платежом красен, а займы отдачею.
Deni ni nzuri linapolipwa, na mikopo inaporudishwa.
Pacta sunt servanda
Makubaliano lazima yaheshimiwe. (Kanuni muhimu ya sheria ya kimataifa)
口說無憑
Maneno yaliyosemwa hayana uthibitisho.
Your word is your bond.
Neno lako ni dhamana yako.
Silaha za siku hizi ni kalamu na karatasi.
Today's weapons are pen and paper.
- Swahili proverb
You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war.
- William Randolph Hearst
(FRAGMENTS)
Watch carefully over thy mouth ...... and make thy heart slow(?), for the word spoken is like a bird, and he who utters it is like a man without ...
... the craft of the mouth is mightier than the craft of ......
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
Hebrews 4:12 (KJV)
Many wearing rapiers are afraid of goosequills.
-William Shakespeare Hamlet Act 2, scene II (page 59)
My son, a sheep's foot in thine own hand is better than the whole shoulder in the hand of a stranger; better is a lambkin near thee than an ox far away; better is a sparrow held tight in the hand than a thousand birds flying about in the air; better is a hempen robe, that thou hast, than a robe of purple, that thou hast not.
Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras
A here-you-go is worth more than two you-can-have-it-laters
明日の百より今日の五十
Today's 50 over tomorrow's 100
Meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domani
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
"A monkey on the back is worth two in the bush."
-ChatGPT
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
Image credit: Screenshot from 3D virtual tour of Kilwa Kisiwani created by Zamani Project
Haba na haba hujaza kibaba
Little by little fills up the jar
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.