130 Malagasy Proverbs / Page 13
- 121. Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings.
 - 122. Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings.
- 123. Words are like newly hatched eggs: they already have wings.
- 124. Words are like the spider's web: a shelter for the clever ones and a trap for the not-so-clever.
- 125. Words go further than bullets.
- 126. You can catch a cricket in your hand but its song is all over the field.
- 127. You can't blame the axe for the noise made by the chicken you are about to slaughter.
- 128. You can't catch a louse with one finger.
- 129. You may well have caught a bird, but have you a fire to roast it on?
- 130. You think you are strong like the corn plant, yet the bean vine is already choking you.
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