63 Sayings of Congolese Origin

1. "Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

2. "The iron never takes advice from the hammer." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

3. "A bald-headed man will not grow hair by getting excited." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

4. "I own a cow in heaven, but I cannot drink her milk." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

5. "Pride goes only as far as one can spit." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

6. "Mothers-in-law are hard of hearing." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

7. "Being well dressed does not prevent one from being poor." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

8. "One day of hunger is not starvation." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

9. "Don't buy a boat that is under water." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

10. "If you are too modest you will go hungry." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

11. "You inherit from the dead, not from the sick." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

12. "Death does not sound a trumpet." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

13. "Great events may stem from words of no importance." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

14. "The impotent man does not eat spicy foods." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

15. "Do not dispose of the monkey's tail before he is dead." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

16. "Man is like palm-wine, when young, sweet but without strength; in old age, strong but harsh." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

17. "A little subtleness is better than a lot of force." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

18. "To love someone who does not love you is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

19. "Children are the reward of life." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

20. "The white man never forgets Europe." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

21. "Let him speak who has seen with his eyes." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

22. "Don't buy the salt if you haven't licked it yet." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

23. "Drink beer, think beer." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

24. "The flesh of a young animal tastes flat." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

25. "A house with two keys is worth nothing." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

26. "What is said over the dead lion's body could not be said to him alive." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

27. "Love is like a baby, it needs to be treated tenderly." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

28. "Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

29. "A pretty basket does not prevent worries." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

30. "Even without drumbeats, the banana leaves dance." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

31. "The nuts from a palm tree don't fall without dragging a few leaves with it." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

32. "The portion that a man keeps for himself is usually not the smallest." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

33. "Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

34. "No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

35. "He who is free of faults, will never die." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

36. "The mother-in-law shows you her thighs without shame, you are the embarrassed one." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

37. "Lovers do not hide their nakedness." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

38. "The snake and the crab don't sleep in the same hole." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

39. "When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee's house some day." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

40. "Without war there can be no peace." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

41. "Sleep is the cousin of death." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

42. "Who sits down is a cripple." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

43. "Don't cut off the monkey's tail before it is dead." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

44. "No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

45. "A single bracelet does not jingle." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

46. "A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

47. "Those who are absent are always wrong." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

48. "Little by little grow the bananas." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

49. "The watched chicken never lays." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

50. "The son shoots a leopard; the father is proud." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

51. "You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

52. "The friends of our friends are our friends." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

53. "War ends nothing." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

54. "One knife will not cut another knife; one cheat will not cheat another cheat." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

55. "Friendship does not need pepper to cry." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

56. "Prepare yourself for when the water comes up to your knees." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

57. "The teeth are smiling, but is the heart?" (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

58. "The fly has no pity for the thin man." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

59. "If you tell people to live together, you tell them to quarrel." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

60. "Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

61. "He who doesn't like chattering women must stay a bachelor." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

62. "Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet

 

63. "An idiot will cross an ox with an elephant." (Congolese Sayings) Click to tweet