191 Ethiopian Proverbs / Page 8
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The point of the needle must pass first.142.
The same water never runs into the same river.143.
The skin creaks according to the country.144.
The sky is so close for him who sits.145.
The slimming of an elephant and the losses of a rich man are not noticeable.146.
The son of the nile thirsts for water.147.
The tail and repentance go behind.148.
The witness of a rat is another rat.149.
There is no cure for him who hides an illness.150.
There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, and no one who gained weight because he broke a fast.151.
They snatched from me my own cry.152.
Thorns prick lightly the man who walks slowly.153.
To one who does not know, a who garden is a forest.154.
To one who knows no better, a small garden is a forest.155.
Try not to get hold of a leopard's tail, but if you do -- don't let go.156.
Unless you call out, who will open the door?157.
What has been blown away, cannot be found again.158.
What has blown a way , cannot be found again.159.
What is inflated too much, will burst into fragments.160.
What is taken for oneself is usually not a small piece.