Proverbs and old sayings, page 790

43575 proverbs and old sayings

If you are going to go where corn grows, take a cutting tool with you.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about tools, contentment

Try not to get hold of a leopard's tail, but if you do -- don't let go.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment

If you see that a town worships a calf, then cut the grass and feed it.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about city, contentment

Don't demand that what you write in the Nile will be read in the desert.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment

When you are pepper, I am mustard; when thou art a needle, I am a knife.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about art, magic, contentment

Invite him as not to antagonize him, shove him off as not to let him eat.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

The little stars will always shine while the great sun is often eclipsed.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about celebrity, stars, sun

Sharing a secret with a rogue is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about secret

You travel on until you return home; you live on until you return to earth.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about earth, home, contentment

The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about wealth, man

It is foolish for someone to remain thirsty when he is in the midst of water.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about water

If you gladly stoop to the ground don't be surprised if they trample over you.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment

The eye of the leopard is on the goat, and the eye of the goat is on the leaf.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about salary

The mouse is silent while laboring, but when the baby is conceived, she cries.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

His mouth talks about Sheik Hussein but his hands are stretched up to the tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

Fifty lemons are a load for one person, but for fifty persons they are perfume.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about people, perfume

You may well have two legs but you still can't climb two trees at the same time.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about time, contentment

Even if Christ's death could have been prevented, Judas would still be a traitor.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about death

If you are planning to travel where corn grows, you should take a sickle with you.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment

The heart of a fool is in his mouth and the mouth of the wise man is in his heart.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about heart, man