Malagasy proverbs

If we don't fight we remain equals, if we do fight then one of us wins.

The earth is God's bride -- she feeds the living and cherishes the dead.

You can catch a cricket in your hand but its song is all over the field.

However little food we have, we'll share it even if it's only one locust.

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

If you sell a drum in your own village, you get the money and keep the sound.

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

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

Greet everyone cordially when you don't know who your in-laws are going to be.

Truth is like sugar cane; even if you chew it for a long time, it is still sweet.

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