Better to lose a little money than a little friendship.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about friendship, money
The dying person cannot wait for the shroud to be woven.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about people
The barking dog gives you no power -- it gives you fear.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about power, fear
From all the fish in the pot you can only make one soup.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fishing
The king inherits a country -- the people only hard work.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about country, work, people
A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about food
Govern a country as you would roast a crocodile on a spit.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about country
Don't think there are no sharks because the water is calm.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about water
Love is just like rice -- plant it elsewhere and it grows.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about love
Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about commerce, rain, water
Words are like newly hatched eggs: they already have wings.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about word
He is truly hungry who accepts defeat in a fight over meat.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about defeat, fight
The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are the meat therein.Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about earth, man