Malagasy proverbs

Behave like the chameleon: look forward and observe behind.

Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain.

When the ducks are quacking the frogs take it as a warning.

Words are like eggs: when they are hatched they have wings.

Words are like newly hatched eggs: they already have wings.

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

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

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

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

Cross the river among a crowd and the crocodile won't eat you.

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