Shadow Proverbs

Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear. (Japanese Proverb)
If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
You can't move faster than your shadow. View proverb
Russian Proverb
As the sun's shadow shifts, so there is no permanence on earth. View proverb
Afghan Proverb
Life is a shadow and a mist; it passes quickly by, and is no more. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
Woman is like your shadow; follow her, she flies; fly from her, she follows. View proverb
Argentinean Proverb
No matter how fast a man is, he cannot outrun his shadow. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
However swift a man, he will not outstrip his shadow. View proverb
Cameroon Proverb
Every tree casts shadow on its own bottom. View proverb
Azerbaijani Proverb
A coquettish woman is like a shadow -- as you chase her she runs away, and if you run away, she chases after you. View proverb
Persian Proverb
The tree casts its shadow on everything, even upon the woodcutter. (Hindi Proverb)
The shadow should be the same length as the body. View proverb
Indonesian Proverb
Coming events cast their shadow before. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
Nobody can rest in his own shadow. View proverb
Hungarian Proverb
Envy follows merit like the shadow follows the body. View proverb
Nicaraguan Proverb
Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting. View proverb
Myanmar Proverb
Often a branch is broken off the tree by the one who has rested in its shadow. View proverb
Myanmar Proverb
Don't be like a shadow: a constant companion, but not a comrade. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
If you are eager to be in the shadow, leave your axe at home. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Love without friendship is like a shadow without the sun. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Never judge things of which you only know the shadow. (Japanese Proverb)
Afraid of his own shadow. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Afraid of one's shadow. View proverb
Arabic Proverb
Even a hair casts its shadow. View proverb
German Proverb
Like an Irish wolf she barks at her own shadow. View proverb
Irish Proverb