Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Bend

Bend the willow while it is young.Italian, Danish.

Best to bend it while a twig.

Better bend than break.

Better bend the neck than bruise the forehead.

Better is the branch that bends than the branch that breaks.Danish.

It is a good blade that bends well.

It is better to bend than break.French.

Oaks may fall when reeds brave the storm.