Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

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

Branch

A young branch takes on all the bends that one gives it.Chinese.

The branch is seldom better than the stem.Danish.

The branch must be bent early that makes a good crook.Danish.

The highest branch is not the safest roost.

The old branch breaks if bent.Danish.