27 Malayan Proverbs / Page 2
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Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root.22.
Though change be no robbery.23.
To bend a bamboo, start when it is a shoot.24.
Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.25.
Where there is sugar, there are bound to be ants.26.
Where there's a carcass, there will be vultures.27.
You can't get at the precious sago without first breaking the bark.