130 Famous Malagasy Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Malagasy Proverbs

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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