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Upright Proverbs
If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.
Chinese Proverb
Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright.
Kenyan Proverb
The winds may fell the massive oak, but bamboo, bent even to the ground, will spring upright after the passage of the storm.
Japanese Proverb
An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter's head.
English Proverb
For the upright there are no laws.
German Proverb
Better to die upright than to live on your knees.
Yiddish Proverb
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Dutch Proverb
He who goes around with his body upright, later on will go crawling.
Bajan Proverb
A full ear of corn will bend its head; an empty ear will stand upright.
American Proverb
An empty sack will not stand upright.
Italian Proverb
Better to die upright than to live on your knees.
Jewish Proverb
An empty ear holds its head upright.
Hungarian Proverb
If one imitates the upright, one becomes upright; if one imitates the crooked, one becomes crooked.
Nigerian Proverb
You can't live a long life and remain upright.
Sicilian Proverb
God save us from evil neighbors and from the indignation of the upright.
Sicilian Proverb
Women have no upright words, but only crooked ones.
Kikuyu Proverb
Empty sacks will never stand upright.
French Proverb
Crawling on hands and knees has never prevented anyone from walking upright.
African Proverb
An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter's head.
Romanian Proverb