130 Malagasy Proverbs / Page 10
- 91. 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.
- 92. Sick people are like kings.
- 93. Sorrow is like rice in an attic: you use a little every day and at the end it is all gone.
- 94. The barking dog gives you no power -- it gives you fear.
- 95. The child of a rat is a rat.
- 96. The dog's bark is not might but fright.
- 97. The dying person cannot wait for the shroud to be woven.
- 98. The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are the meat therein.
- 99. The earth is God's bride -- she feeds the living and cherishes the dead.
- 100. The eel that got away is as fat as your thigh.
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