63 Malawian Proverbs
- 1. A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass.
![A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif) - 2. A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.
![A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif) - 3. A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance.
![A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif) - 4. An upstart is a sparrow eager to marry a hornbill.
![An upstart is a sparrow eager to marry a hornbill.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif) - 5. Ants die in sugar.
![Ants die in sugar.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif) - 6. Anything with scales counts as a fish.
![Anything with scales counts as a fish.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif) - 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.
![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) - 8. As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you.
![As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif) - 9. Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats.
![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) - 10. Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words.
![Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words.. Malawian Proverb.](/img/view.gif)
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