Ethiopia Proverbs - page 7

It is foolish for someone to remain thirsty when he is in the midst of water. (Ethiopian Proverb)
The first camel in the train holds everyone up, but it is the last which gets the beating. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
The fool is thirsty in the midst of a downpour. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
A cow gave birth to a fire; she wanted to lick it, but it burned; she wanted to leave it, but she could not because it was her own child. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
An eye and a friend are quickly hurt. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
While trying to pull down something from the antique she lost what she had under her armpit. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Don't spend the evening in a house where you can't spend the night. A good name is better than good perfume. After the hyena has gone, the dog barks. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. (Ethiopian Proverb)
When the hyena is gone, that is when the dog barks. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
When there are many women, the cabbage will be spoled. The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
They snatched from me my own cry. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Mock the palm tree only when the date harvest is over. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
No one knows what the dawn will bring. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
One who tries to hide with a dog, a child, a goat, or a person with a cold, will not remain hidden. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
It is easy to become a monk in one's old age. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Horns are not too heavy for the cow. (Ethiopian Proverb)
Don't blame God for creating the tiger -- instead, thank him for not giving it wings. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Singing "Alelulia"everywwhere does not prove piety. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
The dog I bought, bit me; the fire I kindled, burned me. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
When they wish to eat a vulture, they call it a guinea fowl. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb