Congolese Proverbs & Sayings (66 Proverbs)
- The worm that gnaws on the bean is the one inside the bean.
(Congolese Proverb)
- You are beautiful; but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty.
(Congolese Proverb)
- Don't buy a boat that is under water.
(Congolese Proverb)
- You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.
(Congolese Proverb)
- You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
(Congolese Proverb)
- Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.
(Congolese Proverb)
- Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.
(Congolese Proverb)
- When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee's house some day.
(Congolese Proverb)
- The snake and the crab don't sleep in the same hole.
(Congolese Proverb)
- What is said over the dead lion's body, could not be said to him alive.
(Congolese Proverb)
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