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"Maisha tulivu ya upweke yasiobadilikaa huchochea akili na fikra bunifu."
"Maji hutulia pale ambapo mto una kina kirefu."
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There's no such thing as a stupid question
People don't resist the temptation of new delights. We always deem that other people are more fortunate than ourselves. The crop is always better in our neighbour's field; his cows more rich in milk.
- Ovid The Art of Love, Page 24
दूर के ढोल सुहावने लगते हैं
From far away the drums sound better
隔籬飯香
Next door's rice smells good
隣の芝生は青く見える
The neighbor's grass seems green
соседняя очередь всегда движется быстрее
The other queue always moves faster
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.
Silaha za siku hizi ni kalamu na karatasi.
- Methali ya Kiswahili
"Ukinipa picha, nitakupa vita."
- William Randolph Hearst
(Mwandishi wa habari na mchapishaji wa magazeti, Marekani)
Dhibiti kinywa chako kwa uangalifu ...[ILIKATA]... na ufanye moyo wako kuwa mzito(?), kwa maana neno linalosemwa ni kama ndege, naye alitamkaye ni kama mtu asiye na ...[ILIKATA]... ufundi wa maneno una nguvu zaidi kuliko ufundi wa ...[ILIKATA]...
- Hadithi ya Ahikar, Ukurasa wa 171/274
Kwa maana neno la Mungu ni hai, tena lina nguvu, tena lina ukali kuliko upanga uwao wote ukatao kuwili.
Waebrania 4:12, Biblia
Wengi wanaovaa panga huogopa kalamu.
-William Shakespeare
Tamthilia ya Hamlet, Sehemu ya 2, Onyesho la II (ukurasa wa 59)
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