Don't think there are no sharks because the water is calm. (Malagasy Proverb)
People are like eels in the water, they wander this way and that. (Malagasy Proverb)
She is as undecided as an orphan: if she does not wash her hands, she will be told that she is a dirty child; if she washes her hands she will be told that she is wasting water. (Malagasy Proverb)
They who drink the water from the Manangareza river always come back to Madagascar. (Malagasy Proverb)
Without the forest, there will be no more water, without water, there will be no more rice. (Malagasy Proverb)
Indecision is like the stepchild: if he doesn't wash his hands, he is called dirty; if he does, he is wasting the water. (Malagasy Proverb)
Done in by his own trade like a water merchant in the rain. (Malagasy Proverb)