130 Famous Malagasy Proverbs

Famous Proverbs / Malagasy Proverbs

81. One can't give a grasshopper to a child if one has not caught it yet.
82. One does not like hot, the other does not like cold; make it tepid to make an agreement.
83. Only thin dogs become wild.
84. Other people's children cause your nostrils to flare.
85. People are like eels in the water, they wander this way and that.
86. People are like plants in the wind: they bow down and rise up again.
87. Poverty won't allow him to lift up his head; dignity won't allow him to bow it down.
88. Power corrupts.
89. Roosters' tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
90. Sadness is a valuable treasure -- only discovered in people you love.

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