44 Ethiopia Proverbs / Page 2
- 11. A too modest man goes hungry.
 - 12. Advise and counsel him; if he does not listen, let adversity teach him.
- 13. Anticipate the good so that you may enjoy it.
- 14. Cactus is bitter only to him who tastes of it.
- 15. Clothes put on while running come off while running.
- 16. Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
- 17. Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
- 18. Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree.
- 19. He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured.
- 20. He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.
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