Famous Proverbs
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He who stands up will live, He who sits down will perish.312.
Death is a camel that lies down at every door.313.
An axe does not cut down a tree by itself.314.
When two elephants meet on a narrow bridge, they get nowhere until one of them backs down or lies down.315.
When the dew-laden breeze of the uplands creeps swiftly down, it brings with it the fragrance of the gardenia.316.
Without an ax no tree can be cut down.317.
Even the mightiest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.318.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.319.
When we Indians kill meat, we eat it all up. When we dig roots, we make little holes. When we build houses, we make little holes. When we burn grass for grasshoppers, we don't ruin things. We shake down acorns and pine nuts. We don't chop down the trees. We only use dead wood.320.
The bucket goes down the well every day -- some day it won't come up again.