191 Ethiopian Proverbs / Page 11
- 101. One is born, one dies; the land grows.
 - 102. One scoops with a scoop.
- 103. One should punish a child the first time he comes home with a stolen egg. Otherwise, the day he returns home with a stolen ox, it will be too late.
- 104. One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
- 105. One who recovers from sickness, forgets about God.
- 106. One who runs alone cannot be outrun by another.
- 107. One who tries to hide with a dog, a child, a goat, or a person with a cold, will not remain hidden.
- 108. Only the man who is not hungry says the coconut has a hard shell.
- 109. Pride is no substitute for a dinner.
- 110. Regret, like a tail, comes at the end.
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