Lefufa le ja mong wa lona.
“Jealousy eats up its owner.”
Envy harms the person who feels it more than anyone else.
— Traditional South Africa Wisdom, South Africa
Source: Traditional Tswana proverb (South Africa), public-domain oral tradition
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