What is taken for oneself is usually not a small piece.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
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It is foolhardy to start a fire just to see the flames.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about fire, fire brigade
To one who knows no better, a small garden is a forest.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about garden
A mouse that wants to die goes to sniff the cat's nose.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about death
A prtner in the buisness will not put an obstacle to it.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about obstacles
Eat when the meal is ready, speak when the time is ripe.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about time
If one is not in a hurry, even an egg will start walking.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
A house can't be built for the rainy season that is past.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about season, past, home, house
Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about food, rightness, time
The dog I bought, bit me; the fire I kindeled, burned me.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about fire, fire brigade
A melancholic look is visible but not a melancholic heart.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about heart
Dine with a stranger, but save youur love for your famiuly.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about love
If relatives help each other, what harm can be done to them?
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about help
Because he killed his wife he took shelter with his in-laws.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about wife
She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
Whether it rains or stops raining, the lentils have two eyes.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about eyes
A belt fastened while running will come undone while running.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
O, sheep if I do not eat you, you will eat me, said the hyena.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about contentment
When the Nile knows a secret the desert will soon know it too.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about secret
Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about advice, people
