Though near shore, you’re still in the ocean.
More Malawian Proverbs:
Crime leaves a trail like a water beetle; like a snail, it leaves its silver track; like a horse-mango, it leaves its smell.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
Rocks need no protection from the rain.
Malawian
Don't dirty the place where you have eaten.
Malawian
Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words.
Malawian
Don't use an axe to do embroidery.
Malawian