The nile has no resting place it wanderes around carrying a log.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
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It is better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
Evil penetrates like a needle and then becomes like an oak tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
Only the man who is not hungry says the coconut has a hard shell.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about man
When one sets a portion for oneself, usually it is not too small.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
Saying that it's for her child, she gets herself a loaf of bread.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about children
Don't catch a leopard by the tail, but if you do, don't let it go.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about trap, contentment
If they speak, they are wind; if they are silent, they are gourds.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
A bird hanging between two branches will get bitten on both wings.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
When they fooled the chicken they threw her into a carrying basket.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
As the wound inflames the finger, so the thought inflames the mind.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about thinking, mind
Even over cold pudding, the coward says ~'It will burn my mouth.
Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian
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
