Malagasy Proverbs

Those who rush things too much, without reflection Malagasy Proverbs Image

Those who rush things too much, without reflection

The barking dog gives you no power — it gives you fear. Malagasy Proverbs Image

The barking dog gives you no power — it gives you fear.

Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Nothing is so difficult that diligence cannot master it.

Nothing is so full of victory as patience. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Nothing is so full of victory as patience.

He is truly hungry who accepts defeat in a fight over meat. Malagasy Proverbs Image

He is truly hungry who accepts defeat in a fight over meat.

Even the bottom of a basket finds something to hold. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Even the bottom of a basket finds something to hold.

Even the dead in their family vaults enjoy being in large company. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Even the dead in their family vaults enjoy being in large company.

Idleness moves so slowly that it will be overtaken by misery. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Idleness moves so slowly that it will be overtaken by misery.

It is the softness of the lime that is fatal to the bird. Malagasy Proverbs Image

It is the softness of the lime that is fatal to the bird.

Govern a country as you would roast a crocodile on a spit. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Govern a country as you would roast a crocodile on a spit.

Crosses are ladders which lead to heaven. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Crosses are ladders which lead to heaven.

Crows are black everywhere. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Crows are black everywhere.

Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves.

Crows bewail the dead sheep, and then eat them. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Crows bewail the dead sheep, and then eat them.

The dying person cannot wait for the shroud to be woven. Malagasy Proverbs Image

The dying person cannot wait for the shroud to be woven.

The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are the meat therein. Malagasy Proverbs Image

The earth is a giant cooking pot and men are the meat therein.

The earth is God’s bride — she feeds the living and cherishes the dead. Malagasy Proverbs Image

The earth is God’s bride — she feeds the living and cherishes the dead.

The eel that got away is as fat as your thigh. Malagasy Proverbs Image

The eel that got away is as fat as your thigh.

People are like eels in the water, they wander this way and that. Malagasy Proverbs Image

People are like eels in the water, they wander this way and that.

People are like plants in the wind: they bow down and rise up again. Malagasy Proverbs Image

People are like plants in the wind: they bow down and rise up again.

From all the fish in the pot you can only make one soup. Malagasy Proverbs Image

From all the fish in the pot you can only make one soup.

Don’t praise your wife before a year. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Don’t praise your wife before a year.

Do not boast about your wealth if you are a father. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Do not boast about your wealth if you are a father.

Do not be like a miser who saves for those who will bury him. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Do not be like a miser who saves for those who will bury him.

If you try to cleanse others — just like soap, you will waste away in the process. Malagasy Proverbs Image

If you try to cleanse others — just like soap, you will waste away in the process.

Flint and gunpowder: every time they meet there is an explosion. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Flint and gunpowder: every time they meet there is an explosion.

Flatters, like rats, tickle and then bite. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Flatters, like rats, tickle and then bite.

Ants can attack with a grain of rice. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Ants can attack with a grain of rice.

Don’t be so much in love that you can’t tell when it’s raining. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Don’t be so much in love that you can’t tell when it’s raining.

Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river.

Let your love be like drizzle: it comes softly, but still swells the river. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Let your love be like drizzle: it comes softly, but still swells the river.

Love is just like rice — plant it elsewhere and it grows. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Love is just like rice — plant it elsewhere and it grows.

If love is torn apart you cannot stitch the pieces together again. Malagasy Proverbs Image

If love is torn apart you cannot stitch the pieces together again.

Sadness is a valuable treasure — only discovered in people you love. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Sadness is a valuable treasure — only discovered in people you love.

To love the law is to lose money. Malagasy Proverbs Image

To love the law is to lose money.

Friendship reminds us of fathers, love of mothers. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Friendship reminds us of fathers, love of mothers.

Life is a shadow and a mist; it passes quickly by, and is no more. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Life is a shadow and a mist; it passes quickly by, and is no more.

Iron does not clang by itself. Malagasy Proverbs Image

Iron does not clang by itself.

As long as the mouse keeps still you can be sure that the cat stays on guard. Malagasy Proverbs Image

As long as the mouse keeps still you can be sure that the cat stays on guard.

Greet everyone cordially when you don’t know who your Malagasy Proverbs Image

Greet everyone cordially when you don’t know who your

More to Explore.

Self-Control Quotes

Self-Control Quotes

Be You Quotes

Be You Quotes

Raksha Bandhan Quotes

Raksha Bandhan Quotes

Buddhist Proverbs

Buddhist Proverbs

Winter Quotes

Winter Quotes

Congo Proverbs

Congo Proverbs

Childhood Quotes

Childhood Quotes

Martiniquais Proverbs

Martiniquais Proverbs