Iron does not clang by itself.
More Malagasy Proverbs:
If the hill is on fire the grasshoppers are roasted.Malagasy
A starving crocodile is never pleasant.
Malagasy
Roosters' tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
Malagasy
Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.
Malagasy
Marriage is not a tight knot, but a slip knot.
Malagasy
A chicken that hatches a crocodile's eggs is looking for trouble.
Malagasy