Do not measure up the wood before the tree is cut down.
More Malagasy Proverbs:
An egg does not fight a rock.Malagasy
Crows bewail the dead sheep, and then eat them.
Malagasy
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.
Malagasy
Power corrupts.
Malagasy
Don't take a second mouthful before you have swallowed the first.
Malagasy
Don't kick a sleeping dog.
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