Ethiopian proverbs

Whether it rains or stops raining, the lentils have two eyes.

He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a serpent.

A belt fastened while running will come undone while running.

O, sheep if I do not eat you, you will eat me, said the hyena.

When the Nile knows a secret the desert will soon know it too.

Give advice; if people don't listen, let adversity teach them.

He who wants to barter, usually knows what is best for himself.

The nile has no resting place it wanderes around carrying a log.

It is better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion.

Evil penetrates like a needle and then becomes like an oak tree.

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