Living is not a reward and dying is no crime.
More Malagasy Proverbs:
Don't take a second mouthful before you have swallowed the first.Malagasy
Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.
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If you try to cleanse others -- just like soap, you will waste away in the process!
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When the ducks are quacking the frogs take it as a warning.
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Do not scare the birds you are going to shoot.
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Do not be like a miser who saves for those who will bury him.
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