Bent Proverbs

A diplomat should be yielding and supple as a creeper that can be bent but not broken. (Malawi Proverb)
Let us sit bent, but talk straight. View proverb
Moroccan Proverb
The heart is not a knee that can be bent. View proverb
Senegalese Proverb
The winds may fell the massive oak, but bamboo, bent even to the ground, will spring upright after the passage of the storm. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
A bow too much bent will break. View proverb
American Proverb
You will break the bow if you keep it always bent. View proverb
Greek Proverb
A bow that is bent too far will break. View proverb
Italian Proverb
The higher the bamboo, the more it can be bent. View proverb
Filipino Proverb
The bow must not be always bent. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
A tree that has grown bent for thirty years cannot be straightened in one year. View proverb
Tshi Proverb
While young, the tree can be easily bent. (Japanese Proverb)
When the shadow of a tree is bent, straighten the tree, not the shadow. View proverb
African Proverb
A bow long bent at length waxeth weak. View proverb
Danish Proverb
A child's back must be bent early. View proverb
Danish Proverb
The old branch breaks when it is bent. View proverb
Danish Proverb
As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. View proverb
German Proverb
The tree must be bent while it is young. View proverb
German Proverb
A bow long bent at last waxes weak. View proverb
Romanian Proverb
Young twigs may be bent, but not old trees. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
Strain not your bow beyond its bent, lest it break. View proverb
Dutch Proverb
The green twig is easily bent. (Turkish Proverb)
Trust not your money to one whose eyes are bent on the ground. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
A bow too much bent is broken. View proverb
Latin Proverb
Give the fool a sausage and he tells you it's bent. View proverb
Cypress Proverb
That which got bent while growing when you straighten it, it breaks. View proverb
African Proverb