63 Malawian Proverbs
1. ![A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass.
2. ![A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.
3. ![A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance.
4. ![An upstart is a sparrow eager to marry a hornbill.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
An upstart is a sparrow eager to marry a hornbill.
5. ![Ants die in sugar.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Ants die in sugar.
6. ![Anything with scales counts as a fish.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Anything with scales counts as a fish.
7. ![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.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
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.
8. ![As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you.
9. ![Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats.
10. ![Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words.
11. ![Clapping with the right hand only will not make a noise.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Clapping with the right hand only will not make a noise.
12. ![Crabs teach their offspring to walk straight.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Crabs teach their offspring to walk straight.
13. ![Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.
14. ![Do not be like the mosquito that bites the owner of the house.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Do not be like the mosquito that bites the owner of the house.
15. ![Don't dirty the place where you have eaten.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Don't dirty the place where you have eaten.
16. ![Don't teach the tiger cub to eat meat.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Don't teach the tiger cub to eat meat.
17. ![Don't think back on someone whose name you forgot, he is probably someone else by now.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Don't think back on someone whose name you forgot, he is probably someone else by now.
18. ![Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water's calm.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Don't think there are no crocodiles just because the water's calm.
19. ![Don't use an axe to do embroidery.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Don't use an axe to do embroidery.
20. ![Every joy will follow in grief's footsteps.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
Every joy will follow in grief's footsteps.
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