Try not to get hold of a leopard’s tail, but if you do — don’t let go.
More Ethiopian Proverbs:
Evil gotten, evil spent.Ethiopian
A bleeding sheep loses a bite.
Ethiopian
Do not vacillate or you will be left in between doing something, having something and being nothing.
Ethiopian
O, sheep if I do not eat you, you will eat me, said the hyena.
Ethiopian
Even if Christ's death could have been prevented, Judas would still be a traitor.
Ethiopian
No one knows what the dawn will bring.
Ethiopian