191 Ethiopian Proverbs / Page 5
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If you are going to go where corn grows, take a cutting tool with you.82.
If you are planning to travel where corn grows, you should take a sickle with you.83.
If you gladly stoop to the ground don't be surprised if they trample over you.84.
If you offend, ask for pardon; if offeneded, forgive.85.
If you see that a town worships a calf, then cut the grass and feed it.86.
Invite him as not to antagonize him, shove him off as not to let him eat.87.
It is better to be the cub of a live jackal than of a dead lion.88.
It is easy to become a monk in one's old age.89.
It is foolhardy to start a fire just to see the flames.90.
It is foolish for someone to remain thirsty when he is in the midst of water.91.
It is like using a spoon to get water from the nile.92.
Little by little an egg wil walk.93.
Living is worthless for one without a home.94.
Men fear danger, women only the sight of it.95.
Mock the palm tree only when the date harvest is over.96.
Move your neck according to the music.97.
No better witnesses than your own eyes.98.
No one knows what the dawn will bring.99.
Oh old hyena eat me without making excuses.100.
One does not became fat because he broke a fast.