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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.

Proverbs and old sayings Zen about dark, shadow, man

All sins cast long shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about sin

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Proverbs and old sayings New Zealand about sun, fall, face

No hill without gravestones, no valley without shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings Zulu

Keep your eyes on the sun and you will not see the shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings Australian about sun, eyes

Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

Proverbs and old sayings British about sun, fall, face, old, olderness

You can't tell the colour of somebody's cloth from his shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow

No matter how fast a man can run, he can never chase his shadow and catch it.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about shadow, fasting, man

Coming events cast their shadows before.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about events, americans

What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset..

Proverbs and old sayings about shadow, night, life

He who has a straight body is not worried about his crooked shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about shadow, body

One measures the towers by their shadows and great people by those who envy them.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about envy, people

Just as tall trees are known by their shadows, so are good men known by their enemies.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about enemies, man, good, good luck

Old sins cast long shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about sin, old, olderness

Old sins have long shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings English about sin, old, olderness

Small people always cast big shadows.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about shadow

Karma and shadows follow one everywhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

A dog which has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about shadow

It flies at our approach but follows us as we retire. [A Shadow, Glory, or Love. ]

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about glory, shadow, love