Malaysian ProverbsDefinitions

Blending in is important — Baa when in a sheepfold, but in a buffalo pen moo

Context matters — Don't use an axe to embroider.

Difficulty is inevitable, for what sea is waveless?

A Friend is compared to the family in that the friend is like the leaves that the wind of misfortune blows away while blood relations are the fruit of the tree w'hich always falls near the parent stem.

Thought is the lamp of the mind.

Wealth is a harlot. Wisdom is faithful.