Words are like the spider’s web: a shelter for the clever ones and a trap for the not-so-clever.
More Malagasy Proverbs:
When the crocodiles leave, the caymans come.Malagasy
Advice is a stranger; if he's welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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Money is like a guest: it comes today, leaves tomorrow.
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Flint and gunpowder: every time they meet there is an explosion.
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Don't kick a sleeping dog.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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