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Date uploaded in London –  1 September 2025 

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 Proverbs on Trees- part 1

He that plants trees loves others besides himself .

The rose grows out of thorns;  the thorns out of roses.

As a tree falls so must it lie.

He that loves the tree loves its branches.

Had Judas betrayed Christ in Scotland, he might have repented before he could have found a tree to hang himself on.

Refers to the tree less Scotland then.

–English proverbs

Nearer the rock the sweeter the grass.

There grows no grass at the market cross.

Remove an old tree and it will wither.

–Scottish proverbs

How can there be a forest without a crooked tree

While a tree is young you may bend it at will.

First look at three and then sit beneath it.

Only young trees may be bent.

—Bulgarian proverbs

He who plants the tree rarely tastes its fruits.

Honour the tree which gives one shade.

–Dutch proverbs

Like tree, like growth; like stump, like sapling.

A green tree must be felled; a rotten one falls by itself.

During the old moon trees with leaves are hewn.

One’s own pain is in one’s own body; the pain of others are on the tree.

—Estonian

One climbs up the tree from the root, not from the top.

A rotting tree leans long before it rots.

—Finnish

Green wood and warm bread bring ruin to the house.

The good god does not allow little trees to grow up to heaven.

People throw stones only at the tree which is loaded with fruits.

–French  

Where a big tree has fallen, grass does not grow at once.

The tree is respected for its shadow,

One should not cut down tree on account of its caterpillars.

It is a bad tree that falls at the first stroke of the axe.

Don’t cut down the tree which gives you shade.

Many love the tree of life for the sake of tree of wisdom.

The oldest tree often has the sweetest fruit.

There is always something to be cut off young trees if they are to grow well.

God cuts down all trees before they reach the sky/ heaven.

One may hide himself behind a leaf and another is not hidden by a tree.

–German

When the oak falls everyman gathers wood .

Go and shake another oak for acorns.

—Said to beggars—

The oak is tamed by many blows.

Enough of the oak tree.

i.e. of acorns , now that we have corn and wine.

— Greek

He who is born on thorns prefers to die on them.

In a thorny place, grows thorns.

–Georgian

Don’t lop tree which gives you shade.

A goodman never hurts a tree.

–Hungarian

To be continued……………………

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