You can't get at the precious sago without first breaking the bark.
Where there's a carcass, there will be vultures.
Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants.
Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.
Trumpet in a herd of elephants crow in the company of cocks bleat in a flock of goats.
To bend a bamboo, start when it is a shoot.
Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground.
The turtle lays thousands of eggs without anyone knowing, but when the hen lays an egg, the whole country is informed.
The more sorrow one encounters, the more joy one can contain.
The existence of the sea means the existence of pirates.
The deep sea can be fathomed, but who knows the hearts of men?
Smack a tray of water and you get to wash your face.
One who sits by the well will never go thirsty.
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one lies forever in debt to those who are kind.
One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
A fool is like the big drum that beats fast but does not realize its hollowness.
Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Anything with scales counts as fish.
