Malawian proverbs

Though a tree grows ever so high, the falling leaves return to its roots.

A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass.

The body pays for a slip of the foot and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.

He can see a louse as far away as China but is not aware of an elephant on his nose.

A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance.

A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.

Don't think back on someone whose name you forgot, he is probably someone else by now.

The betrothed of good is evil; the betrothed of life is death; the betrothed of love is divorce.

Blow your horn in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cockerels; bleat in a flock of goats.

Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of water, so taking counsel together makes men of one mind.

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