The less soup, the more spoons.
More Malawian Proverbs:
He can see a louse as far away as China but is not aware of an elephant on his nose.Malawian
When the sky falls down, the earth shall melt.
Malawian
The betrothed of good is evil; the betrothed of life is death; the betrothed of love is divorce.
Malawian
As a child, is a man wrapped in his mother's womb; as an adult, in tradition; comes death, and he is wrapped in earth.
Malawian
Don't think back on someone whose name you forgot, he is probably someone else by now.
Malawian
A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass.
Malawian