Idleness moves so slowly that it will be overtaken by misery.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy
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Do not be like a miser who saves for those who will bury him.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy
The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are the meat therein.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about earth, man
Cross the river among a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about contentment
If it is not a boy it will be a girl, says the fortune-teller.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about wealth
To deny God's existence is like jumping with your eyes closed.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about existence, eyes, god
Don't be so much in love that you can't tell when it's raining.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about love, contentment
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about eyes, man, god
Like the chameleon, one eye on the future, one eye on the past.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about future, past
All who live under the sky are woven together like one big mat.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about sky
Don't be like a shadow: a constant companion, but not a comrade.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about shadow
Flint and gunpowder: every time they meet there is an explosion.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about time
Don't take a second mouthful before you have swallowed the first.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about contentment
A chicken that hatches a crocodile's eggs is looking for trouble.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about problems
People are like eels in the water, they wander this way and that.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about wanderer, people, water
Even the dead in their family vaults enjoy being in large company.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about family, companies, being
If love is torn apart you cannot stitch the pieces together again.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about love, contentment
Don't help a bull out of a ditch, for when he's out he'll butt you.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about help, contentment
You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fire, fire brigade, contentment
When you treat someone like a wild cat, he will steal your chickens.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about contentment
