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Where there trees, there are no builders.

Proverbs and old sayings

Where there are plenty of trees there are no builders.

Proverbs and old sayings

Young bamboo trees are easy to bend.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about money

If you are planning for a year, sow rice if you are planning for a decade, plant trees if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about people, contentment

A river doesn't flow through the forest without felling the trees.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Monkeys don't advise there young ones to be careful on trees they just remind them of the distance to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

If your vision is for a year plant wheat, if you vision is for a decade plant trees, and if your vision is for a lifetime plant people.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about vision, people, contentment

If all the seeds that fall were to grow, then no one could follow the path under the trees.

Proverbs and old sayings about fall

One tree can make a million matches, and one match can destroy a million trees.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about destruction, americans

It is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Arab about truth, good, good luck

It is good to know the truth and to speak the truth. It is even better to know the truth and speak about palm trees.

Proverbs and old sayings about truth, good, good luck

He who sees heaven in the water sees the fishes in the trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about water

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about trains, life, people

If you are planning for one year, grow rice. If you are planning for 20 years grow trees. If you are planning for centuries, grow men.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about man, contentment

If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about prosperity, people, contentment

You may well have two legs but you still can't climb two trees at the same time.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about time, contentment

You can count the apples on a tree but you can't count the trees from one apple.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, contentment

A wayward woman is like the weaver bird. She uses her perch on one tree to scout other trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about woman

When the heat has passed, you forget about the shade of trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about contentment