130 Malagasy Proverbs
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"If it is not a boy it will be a girl," says the fortune-teller.2.
A canoe does not know who is king. When it turns over, everyone gets wet.3.
A chicken that hatches a crocodile's eggs is looking for trouble.4.
A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.5.
A man finds many faults in a woman when he wants to divorce, and finds many charms in one's fianc6e.6.
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.7.
A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.8.
A starving crocodile is never pleasant.9.
Advice is a stranger; if he's welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.10.
All who live under the sky are woven together like one big mat.11.
An egg does not fight a rock.12.
Ants can attack with a grain of rice.13.
As long as the mouse keeps still you can be sure that the cat stays on guard.14.
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.15.
Behave like the chameleon: look forward and observe behind.16.
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.17.
Better to lose a little money than a little friendship.18.
Beware of french people who pretend to quarrel with each other: they will join together to fight you.19.
By getting angry, one shows that she is wrong.20.
By getting angry, you show you are wrong.