A termite can do nothing to a stone save lick it.
More Sudanese Proverbs:
The hand suffers at work, but the mouth still must eat.Sudanese
If you are wearing shoes, you don't fear the thorns.
Sudanese
Eggs and iron must not be in the same bag.
Sudanese
A big chair does not make a king.
Sudanese
A young crocodile does not cry when he falls in the water.
Sudanese