Nyonso engengaka ezali pawuni te.
“Not everything that glitters is gold.”
Appearances can be deceiving; true worth is not always visible.
— Traditional Congo-Brazzaville Wisdom, Republic of the Congo
Source: Traditional Lingala proverb, Congo Basin Bantu oral tradition (Republic of the Congo), public-domain oral tradition
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