Ethiopian proverbs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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