Words are like the spider's web: a shelter for the clever ones and a trap for the not-so-clever.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about intelligence, trap, word
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110 proverbs and old sayings malagasy
Those who rush things too much, without reflection, can be surpassed by those who take their time.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about things, time
A man finds many faults in a woman when he wants to divorce, and finds many charms in one's fianc6e.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about woman, man
Beware of french people who pretend to quarrel with each other: they will join together to fight you.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fight, people
When you are looking for a country with no tombstones you will find yourself in the land of cannibals.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about country
The sin for which you repent is the father of virtue; but a virtue that you talk about, is the mother of sin.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about virtue, sin, mother
Be like the mouth and the hand: when the hand is hurt the mouth blows on it, when the mouth is hurt the hand rubs it.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy
A man who lets his problems get the better of him is like a man who divorces his wife the first time she makes him angry.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about problems, wife, time, man
May your friendship not be like a stone: if it breaks you cannot put the pieces together. May it be like iron: when it breaks, you can weld the pieces back together.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about friendship
She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about children, water
