Ethiopian Proverbs and Sayings
26 Ethiopian sayings collected from Ethiopia — 15 proverbs, 11 quotes. Including Oromo proverbs.
About Ethiopian sayings here
This page collects every saying in the archive recorded as coming from Ethiopia: 15 proverbs, 11 quotes. 6 of them carry a written explanation of what it means; the rest are being added over time.
The named voices here are Haile Selassie (9), Marcus Samuelsson (1) and Meles Zenawi (1). The proverbs are left unattributed, because a proverb belongs to the people who repeat it rather than to whoever first said it.
The subjects they return to most often are Love, History and Leadership.
A few from this collection:
- No matter how many times you wash a goat, it will still smell like a goat.
- Even if made of gold, shoes are still for the feet.
- The horse may carry the warrior to the battlefield, but it will never fight the battle.
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