Don't take a second mouthful before you have swallowed the first.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about contentment
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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
People are like plants in the wind: they bow down and rise up again.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about people
Sadness is a valuable treasure -- only discovered in people you love.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about sadness, treasure, people, love, contentment
One can't give a grasshopper to a child if one has not caught it yet.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about children
Do not waste your time looking for soft ground to drive your spade in.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about waste, time
If we don't fight we remain equals, if we do fight then one of us wins.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about fight
The earth is God's bride -- she feeds the living and cherishes the dead.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about earth, god
You can catch a cricket in your hand but its song is all over the field.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about trap, contentment
However little food we have, we'll share it even if it's only one locust.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about food
Let your love be like drizzle: it comes softly, but still swells the river.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about love
If you sell a drum in your own village, you get the money and keep the sound.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about commerce, money, contentment
As long as the mouse keeps still you can be sure that the cat stays on guard.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about contentment
Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river.
Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy about love
