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God writes straight even on wavy lines.

Proverbs and old sayings Brazilian about god

A straight stick looks crooked in the water.

Proverbs and old sayings British about water

The Hump is straightened only by the grave.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian

Don't take the straight path or the winding path. Take the path your ancestors have taken.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian about ancestors

Don't reject the crooked road and don't take the straight one, instead take the one traveled by the ancestors.

Proverbs and old sayings Cambodian about ancestors

If you stand straight Do not fear a crooked shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about shadow, fear

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

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about shadow, body

He who lives fast goes straight to his death.

Proverbs and old sayings about fasting, death

Crooked iron may be straightened with a hammer.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Crooked logs make straight fires.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The old ox plows a straight furrow.

Proverbs and old sayings English about old, olderness

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes straight to the bone.

Proverbs and old sayings English about beauty

A young branch can be straightened, a mature one breaks.

Proverbs and old sayings

An old ox makes a straight furrow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about old, olderness

It is easy to straighten in the oak the crook that grew in the sapling.

Proverbs and old sayings

A blind horse goes straightforward.

Proverbs and old sayings German about blind

Crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The straight road is the best.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

Be straightforward in all your dealing and noble with strangers.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

No one was ever lost on a straight road.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian