23 Samoan Proverbs / Page 2
- 11. Persevere like a bird in the wind.
 - 12. Sin is carried in the mouth.
 - 13. Sit and wait for the good chestnuts.
 - 14. Stones decay; words last.
 - 15. The careless fish will be eaten by the shark.
 - 16. The fault was committed in the bush, but it is now talked about on the highway.
 - 17. The grasshopper flies about, but the kingfisher watches him.
 - 18. The knee feels the tapping.
 - 19. The person who has burned their fingers often asks for tongs.
 - 20. The person with burned fingers asks for tongs.

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