Pride goes only as far as one can spit.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about proudness
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The flesh of a young animal tastes flat.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
If you are too modest you will go hungry.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about contentment
Let him speak who has seen with his eyes.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about eyes
The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man
An idiot will cross an ox with an elephant.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
The iron never takes advice from the hammer.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about advice
You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about contentment
Don't buy the salt if you haven't licked it yet.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about haven, commerce, contentment
Don't cut off the monkey's tail before it is dead.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink her milk.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about drinking
The snake and the crab don't sleep in the same hole.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about sleep
A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about character, clothes, face
A bald-headed man will not grow hair by getting excited.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man
He who doesn't like chattering women must stay a bachelor.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
No matter how full the river, it still wants to swell more.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about water
The worm that gnaws on the bean is the one inside the bean.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese
Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about law, mother
The portion that a man keeps for himself is usually not the smallest.
Proverbs and old sayings Congolese about man
