Be like the mouth and the hand: when the hand is hurt the mouth blows on it, when the mouth is hurt the hand rubs it.
More Malagasy Proverbs:
If we don't fight we remain equals, if we do fight then one of us wins.Malagasy
Idleness moves so slowly that it will be overtaken by misery.
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Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves.
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A man finds many faults in a woman when he wants to divorce, and finds many charms in one's fianc6e.
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The king inherits a country -- the people only hard work.
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