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Wind is to fire like distance is to love; it extinguishes the small and enflames the great.
~ Anonymous
Wind is to fire like distance is to love; it extinguishes the small and enflames the great.
~ Anonymous
Little by little grow the bananas. CONGOLESE PROVERB (on BBC Home page today)
Well. I'd like to hear a few more Congolese proverbs. If they're all as insightful as this there's a treasure trove of wisdom lost to the western world.
number 33 on this list of 65 congolese proverbsNo matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won't swim.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
~Alan Simpson
A Guy
Woe to the high spirited bride whose mother-in-law is still alive.
Congolese Proverbs #62
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
~ Lou Holtz
Lower your head modestly while passing, and you will harvest bananas.
no. 29. a corker eh?
65 Famous Congolese Proverbs > Page 2
Arthur Helps, writer (1813-1875)Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
It is better to be a coward for a minute than dead for the rest of your life.
~Irish Proverbs
A Guy