Congolese Proverbs

What is said over the dead lion’s body, could not be said to him alive. Congolese Proverbs Image

What is said over the dead lion’s body, could not be said to him alive.

When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee’s house some day. Congolese Proverbs Image

When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee’s house some day.

Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them. Congolese Proverbs Image

Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them.

A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer at their worst. Congolese Proverbs Image

A priest sees people at their best, a lawyer at their worst.

If you are too modest you will go hungry. Congolese Proverbs Image

If you are too modest you will go hungry.

The snake and the crab don’t sleep in the same hole. Congolese Proverbs Image

The snake and the crab don’t sleep in the same hole.

Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off. Congolese Proverbs Image

Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

One day of hunger is not starvation. Congolese Proverbs Image

One day of hunger is not starvation.

A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character. Congolese Proverbs Image

A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.

Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive. Congolese Proverbs Image

Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.

Without war there can be no peace. Congolese Proverbs Image

Without war there can be no peace.

Who sits down is a cripple. Congolese Proverbs Image

Who sits down is a cripple.

One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat. Congolese Proverbs Image

One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat.

The flesh of a young animal tastes flat. Congolese Proverbs Image

The flesh of a young animal tastes flat.

The fly has no pity for the thin man. Congolese Proverbs Image

The fly has no pity for the thin man.

The nuts from a palm tree don’t fall without dragging a few leaves with it. Congolese Proverbs Image

The nuts from a palm tree don’t fall without dragging a few leaves with it.

The impotent man does not eat spicy foods. Congolese Proverbs Image

The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.

The iron never takes advice from the hammer. Congolese Proverbs Image

The iron never takes advice from the hammer.

Don’t buy a boat that is under water. Congolese Proverbs Image

Don’t buy a boat that is under water.

Don’t buy the salt if you haven’t licked it yet. Congolese Proverbs Image

Don’t buy the salt if you haven’t licked it yet.

Don’t cut off the monkey’s tail before it is dead. Congolese Proverbs Image

Don’t cut off the monkey’s tail before it is dead.

Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees. Congolese Proverbs Image

Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees.

Pride goes only as far as one can spit. Congolese Proverbs Image

Pride goes only as far as one can spit.

Mothers-in-law are hard of hearing. Congolese Proverbs Image

Mothers-in-law are hard of hearing.

The watched chicken never lays. Congolese Proverbs Image

The watched chicken never lays.

An idiot will cross an ox with an elephant. Congolese Proverbs Image

An idiot will cross an ox with an elephant.

He who doesn’t like chattering women must stay a bachelor. Congolese Proverbs Image

He who doesn’t like chattering women must stay a bachelor.

A bald-headed man will not grow hair by getting excited. Congolese Proverbs Image

A bald-headed man will not grow hair by getting excited.

The white man never forgets europe. Congolese Proverbs Image

The white man never forgets europe.

The worm that gnaws on the bean is the one inside the bean. Congolese Proverbs Image

The worm that gnaws on the bean is the one inside the bean.

I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink her milk. Congolese Proverbs Image

I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink her milk.

The mother-in-law shows you her thighs without shame Congolese Proverbs Image

The mother-in-law shows you her thighs without shame

The portion that a man keeps for himself is usually not the smallest. Congolese Proverbs Image

The portion that a man keeps for himself is usually not the smallest.

Drink beer, think beer. Congolese Proverbs Image

Drink beer, think beer.

No matter how full the river, it still wants to swell more. Congolese Proverbs Image

No matter how full the river, it still wants to swell more.

No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come. Congolese Proverbs Image

No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.

You inherit from the dead, not from the sick. Congolese Proverbs Image

You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.

Friendship does not need pepper to cry. Congolese Proverbs Image

Friendship does not need pepper to cry.

A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. Congolese Proverbs Image

A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.

Lovers do not hide their nakedness. Congolese Proverbs Image

Lovers do not hide their nakedness.

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