"Love is the cure for every sickness exce..." - Ethiopian Proverb

“Love is the cure for every sickness except the sickness of love itself.”

- Ethiopianlove

Meaning

Love heals many wounds but creates its own unique form of suffering.

Ethiopian romantic poetry treats love as both medicine and ailment. The lover's condition cannot be cured by the very thing that caused it.

Origin

Ethiopian

Language

Amharic

“Love is a despot who spares no one.”

Senegalese

“There is no medicine to cure hatred.”

Ghanaian

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