65 Congolese Proverbs / Page 4
61. Without war there can be no peace.
62. Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.
63. Wood may remain ten years in the water, but it will never become a crocodile.
64. You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
65. You inherit from the dead, not from the sick.