Malawi Proverbs

Malawi Proverbs draw on life by Lake Malawi and the Great Rift Valley, where farming and fishing set the pace. They honor community, humility, and steady work, using animals and water as vivid lessons in respect and resilience.

Every man is a prince in his own bed. (Malawi Proverb)
Though near shore, you're still in the ocean. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Go away and the conversation changes. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
He can see a louse as far away as china but is not aware of an elephant on his nose. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Leave her now and then if you would really love your wife. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Low is the mountain, high the expectations. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Where there is sugar, there are mice. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
A deer tethered with a golden chain can escape to the forest to eat grass. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Buffaloes are held by ropes, man by his words. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
The cradle is rocked but the baby is pinched. (Malawi Proverb)
The smallest pepper is hottest. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
When the sky falls down, the earth shall melt. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
When it's warm the pea loses its pod. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
As if it weren't bad enough to fall, the ladder lands on top of you. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
When a dead tree falls, the woodpeckers profit from his death. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
However big the whale may be, the tiny harpoon can rob him of life. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
The widow is just as fiery as the horse that threw her. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Fear to let fall a drop, will always make you spill a lot. (Malawi Proverb)
One muddy buffalo makes the whole herd dirty. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Do not be like the mosquito that bites the owner of the house. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
The body is killed by the mouth. View proverb
Malawi Proverb
Every joy will follow in grief's footsteps. View proverb
Malawi Proverb