Meaning: One who keeps silent, endures

Context: Sometimes, silence is the best way to tolerate a difficult situation

Meaning: He who enjoys the first fruits of a country is a son of that country

Context: The one who pioneers or develops a place has a claim to it

Meaning: A sleeping man isn't tickled by hunger; a man who is awake is not told 'let's eat'

Context: A person knows their own needs without being told

Meaning: He who flings a stone into a crowd does not know whom it will hit

Context: Reckless actions can have unintended consequences for innocent people

Meaning: He who eats with you will not die for you, but he who is born with you will

Context: A true friend from childhood is more loyal than a fair-weather friend

Meaning: The real eater is today's eater; what has the eater of yesterday eaten?

Context: Past deeds are irrelevant; present reality is what matters

Meaning: The eater of a goat pays back a cow

Context: You must often repay a kindness with a greater kindness

Meaning: He who eats with both hands will not have a good end

Context: Greed leads to ruin

Meaning: One hand cannot slaughter a cow

Context: Cooperation is necessary for great tasks

Meaning: When a fool becomes enlightened, the wise man is in trouble

Context: When the unskilled become skilled, they challenge the established experts

Meaning: A messenger is not killed

Context: Do not blame the bearer of bad news

Meaning: The one who is caught with the (stolen) skin is the thief

Context: Caught red-handed

Meaning: He who is too fixated on water does not drink it, and if he does, it chokes him

Context: Overthinking can paralyze action, and forced action can lead to failure

Meaning: A poor man has no contempt (for anything)

Context: A person in need cannot afford to be picky

Meaning: A poor man does not love his child (in a demonstrative way)

Context: Poverty can prevent a parent from showing affection through material gifts

Meaning: Dry bread in one's own home is better than good meat in some other place

Context: There's no place like home; humble comforts at home are better than luxuries elsewhere

Meaning: A wife is like clothes, and a banana plant is for weeding

Context: Everything has its purpose and requires maintenance

Meaning: He who eats another's food will have his own food eaten

Context: What you do to others, will be done to you

Meaning: A spear for a pig is painful to a human being

Context: You don't feel the pain of an action until it's done to you

Meaning: The farmer is one, but the eaters are many

Context: Many people enjoy the fruits of a single person's hard work