2. A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face..
3. A brother is like one's shoulder..
4. A camel can tolerate a heavy load, but not a crooked rope..
5. A cat in her house has the teeth of a lion..
6. A childless old lady is obsessed with sea shells..
7. A coward dies before the courageous dies..
8. A coward is full of precaution..
9. A deer is an elder to its family..
10. A dog which refuses a bone is not alive..
11. A madman does not lack wisdom..
12. A man one year elder to you is one cunning year elder to you..
13. A man prolonging his age sees a camel giving birth..
14. A man throws stones not words..
15. A man who has eaten something becomes shy..
16. A man with a sense of humor is never at a loss for words or action..
17. A married couple is neither enemies nor friends..
18. A person stands next to a shade not next to words..
19. A sinking persons grabs a straw..
20. A thief is always under suspicion..
21. A thousand assignations, one marriage..
22. An escaped lie does not reach the truth..
23. An old wound will not go away..
24. Do not walk into a snake pit with your eyes open..
25. Dogs understand each other by their barking, and men by their words..
26. Don't set out on a journey using someone else's donkey..
27. Either be a mountain or lean on one..
28. Even the brave are scared by a lion three times: first by its tracks, again by its roar, and one last time face to face..
29. Every camel was once upon time two years old..
30. He is a fool who marries an old woman without teeth..
31. He who does not shave you does not cut you..
32. He who takes responsibility becomes the target of the people..
33. He, who does not seize opportunity today, will be unable to seize tomorrow's opportunity..
34. If people come together, they can even mend a crack in the sky..
35. If you want to dismantle a hedge, remove one thorn bush at a time..
36. Ignorance is blindness..
37. In the ocean, one does not need to sow water..
38. Let what is on this side of the bank be washed out by the flood, and what is on that side of the bank be carried away by the wind..
39. Men for tea, women for talk..
40. Oh hyena, you cannot drag away hides without making a sound..
41. One cannot count on riches..
42. One doesn't tell a man 'go away' but one shows him something so he will go..
43. One refusing a sibling's advice breaks his arm..
44. One shares food not words..
45. One should rise to a person who sees you sitting..
46. Only water in your hands can satisfy your thirst..
47. Poverty is slavery..
48. Somalis don't say a false proverb..
49. Sorrow is like rice in the store; if a basketful is removed everyday, it will come to an end at last..
50. The best bed that a man can sleep on is peace..
51. The bridge is repaired only after someone falls in the water..
52. The child you sired hasn't sired you..
53. The ear cannot hold as much water as it does news..
54. The fowl digs out the blade that kills it..
55. The most dangerous thing a man needs is a woman..
56. The person who does not listen to an elder's advice gets his or her leg broken..
57. The stronger man will rule the house..
58. The teeth and the tongue are close neighbors, and yet they sometimes bite each other..
59. There is always a better man for every good man..
60. These youth taught their mother to give birth..
61. Think before you do..
62. To be without a friend is to be poor indeed..
63. To be without knowledge is to be without light..
64. To try and fail is not laziness..
65. Water and milk do not mix..
66. What you see is what you believe..
67. When a man sleeps, it is the same person when he wakes up..
68. When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length..
69. Where I make a living, there is my home.. Somali Proverb. Where I make a living, there is my home.
71. Where there is breast there can be no brain..
72. Where there is negotiation, there is hope for agreement..
73. Wisdom does not come overnight..
74. You don't go searching for bones in a lion's den..
75. You lend a false ear to false words..
76. You should discuss over a dog's hide when it concerns your interest..
77. Your woman should be in the house or in the grave..
