Don’t use an axe to do embroidery.
More Malawian Proverbs:
Don't dirty the place where you have eaten.Malawian
One little arrow does not kill a serpent.
Malawian
The body pays for a slip of the foot, and gold pays for a slip of the tongue.
Malawian
Just as a bamboo cane forms a round jet of water, so taking counsel together makes men of one mind.
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
A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken.
Malawian