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The betrothed of good is evil; the betrothed of life is death; the betrothed of love is divorce.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about death, life, love, good, good luck

Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about companies

Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of water, so taking counsel together makes men of one mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about moral, mind, man, water

As a child, is a man wrapped in his mother's womb; as an adult, in tradition; comes death, and he is wrapped in earth.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about tradition, earth, children, death, mother, man

When you are crossing over a river you might be eaten by crocodiles, but don't let yourself get bitten by the little fish.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about fishing, contentment

Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about crime, criminals, water

Think before you leap.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about contentment

The earth compared to the sky.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about earth, sky

Like a monkey who eats belacaan.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

If you have, give; if you lack, seek.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about contentment

Prepare the umbrella before it rains.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

An unasked excuse infers transgression.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

Like the peanut, who forgets its shell.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

After Falling, The ladder falls on you.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about contentment

Bit by bit, in the end it becomes a hill.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about end

Calf is given, but then thigh is requested.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

Smack a tray of water and you get to wash your face.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about water, face, contentment

Do not think that placid water is without crocodiles.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about water

The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian about existence