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Branches straighten.

Proverbs and old sayings

Branches may be trained; not the trunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Better is the branch that bends, than the branch that breaks.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Gather the breadfruit from the farthest branches first.

Proverbs and old sayings

You shake in vain the branch that bears no fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings

I have a beautiful tree with the branches downAnd the root up. The man

Riddles

The leopard does not sleep on a dry branch.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep

A fallen branch cannot bear fruits on its own.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A wind can move the branches of trees but it will never move the head of a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, man

The rabbit that dances on the broken branch of a high tree must look down to see how many mouths are opened wide beneath.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The butterfly who settles on a branch is afraid that he will break it.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian

A branch of 'mutundu' does not hinder the division of a field.

Proverbs and old sayings about obstacles

The bird has no nest, but a branch to rest on.

Proverbs and old sayings

Thick branches and big leaves.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drinking

A bird cannot roost but on one branch. a mouse can drink no more than its fill from a river.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about drinking

A man without a woman is a tree without leaves and branches.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, man