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77 Proverbs about Straight



1. A blind horse goes straightforward.. German Proverb. A blind horse goes straightforward.
German Proverb

2. Crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.. German Proverb. Crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.
German Proverb

3. In the land of the cripple everyone thinks he walks straight.. German Proverb. In the land of the cripple everyone thinks he walks straight.
German Proverb

4. In trying to straighten the horns you kill the ox.. Japanese Proverb. In trying to straighten the horns you kill the ox.
Japanese Proverb

5. You can't straighten a snake by putting it in a bamboo cane.. Japanese Proverb. You can't straighten a snake by putting it in a bamboo cane.
Japanese Proverb

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

7. If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timber will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.. Chinese Proverb. If the main timbers in the house are not straight, the smaller timber will be unsafe; and if the smaller timbers are not straight, the house will fall.
Chinese Proverb

8. If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.. Chinese Proverb. If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow.
Chinese Proverb

9. In dense woods the trees grow straight.. Latvian Proverb. In dense woods the trees grow straight.
Latvian Proverb

10. Where all limp, everybody thinks he walks straight.. Swedish Proverb. Where all limp, everybody thinks he walks straight.
Swedish Proverb

11. Crooked logs make straight fires.. English Proverb. Crooked logs make straight fires.
English Proverb

12. The old ox plows a straight furrow.. English Proverb. The old ox plows a straight furrow.
English Proverb

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

14. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.. English Proverb. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
English Proverb

15. He hit me, started to cry, and went straight to the judge to sue me.. Arab Proverb. He hit me, started to cry, and went straight to the judge to sue me.
Arab Proverb

16. The river does not move straight because it is alone.. African Proverb. The river does not move straight because it is alone.
African Proverb

17. If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.. African Proverb. If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
African Proverb

18. A river doesn't run straight because there was nobody to advise it.. African Proverb. A river doesn't run straight because there was nobody to advise it.
African Proverb

19. That which got bent while growing when you straighten it, it breaks.. African Proverb. That which got bent while growing when you straighten it, it breaks.
African Proverb

20. The animal hide can best be straightened and smoothened when still fresh.. African Proverb. The animal hide can best be straightened and smoothened when still fresh.
African Proverb

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