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If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about worry, shadow

One dog snarls at a shadow; a hundred howl at each other's barking.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about shadow

One's shadow grows larger than life when admired by the light of the moon.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about shadow, moon, light, life

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about spring, shadow, happiness, rain

Every light hath its shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shadow, light

No man sees his shadow who faces the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shadow, sun, man

Beware of the dog himself, his shadow does not bite.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shadow

From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about shadow, praise, man

Don't be like the shadow: a constant companion, yet not a comrade.

Proverbs and old sayings Dominican about shadow

High trees give more shadow than fruit.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about shadow

Death is a shadow that always follows the body.

Proverbs and old sayings English about shadow, body, death

A little man sometimes casts a long shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shadow, man

A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shadow

There is no bush so small but casts its shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shadow

Even the smallest little bush casts some shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shadow

The false friend is like the shadow of a sun-dial.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shadow, sun

The friendship of great men is like the shadow of a bush, soon gone.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shadow, friendship, man

The friendship of a great man is like the shadow of a bush -- soon gone.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shadow, friendship, man

A person's reputation is like his shadow-sometimes it follows and sometimes it precedes him; and sometimes it is smaller and sometimes it is bigger than him.

Proverbs and old sayings French about prestige, shadow, people

The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.

Proverbs and old sayings French about prestige, shadow, man