65 Congolese Proverbs / Page 6
- 51. The watched chicken never lays.
 - 52. The white man never forgets Europe.
- 53. The worm that gnaws on the bean is the one inside the bean.
- 54. Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them.
- 55. To love someone who does not love you, is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.
- 56. Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
- 57. War ends nothing.
- 58. What is said over the dead lion's body, could not be said to him alive.
- 59. When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee's house some day.
- 60. Who sits down is a cripple.
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