Famous Proverbs
586 Proverbs about Tree / Page 55
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Without an ax no tree can be cut down.542.
You can find no pomegranates on a willow tree, nor shame in the wicked.543.
Fruit of a tree falls near its roots.544.
The tree branch should be cut off before it becomes a limb.545.
Even the mightiest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.546.
Old men sit in the shade because they planted a tree many years before.547.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.548.
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.549.
A fruit tree that grows in a dung heap will certainly blossom.550.
A bird in hand is worth ten in a tree.