Popular Ethiopian Proverbs
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• When the heart overflows, it comes out through the mouth.

• When one is in love, a cliff becomes a meadow. 

• The eye of the leopard is on the goat, and the eye of the goat is on the leaf. 

• She who does not yet know how to walk, cannot climb a ladder. 

• When spiders' unite, they can tie up a lion. 

• The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit.

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

• He who knows much does not speak much. 

• Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying a grain in a bag with a hole in it.

• Pride is no substitute for a dinner. 

• A good person earns more than just wages.

• A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. 
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