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God spends the day elsewhere, but he always spends the night in Rwanda.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about night, god, day

He who has travelled alone can tell what he likes.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

Every cackling hen was an egg at first.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

If you are building a house and a nail breaks, do you stop building, or do you change the nail?

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about change, home, house

In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins his case.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

People helping one another can bring an elephant into the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about home, house, people

A girl only gets pregnant once.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

The rich man never dances badly.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about wealth, man

Only God generates, man only educates.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about god, man

In a fiddler's house, all are dancers.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about home, house

You set the trap when the rat has gone.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

If you shake a dog, you shake his owner.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

A man's heart is not a sack open to all.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about heart, man

Hens keep quiet when the cock is around.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about quiet

Pregnancy and fire cannot be kept secret.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about secret, fire, fire brigade

The most extensive land is the human belly.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about human imperfections

When the leopard is away, his cubs are eaten.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan

When your beard appears, childhood disappears.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about childhood

Help from abroad always comes when the rain has stopped.

Proverbs and old sayings Rwandan about help, rain