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Shona Definition
Mutsvagi anosekwa kana achaenda kundotsvaga asi kana ava kudzoka nemibayiro yake vanhu vanomuunganira vachimuyemura pakuwana kwake.
English Translation
The scratches you take from the thorns today are the price of the load you will carry home tomorrow; those mocked as they set out are admired when they return with something to show.
Cultural Context
“Quoted when someone is at last promoted after long service in a lowly post, to urge others to work rather than merely look on.”
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