733 Proverbs about Little / Page 37
721. A slaughterhouse is not without a little blood.
722. A little idleness lost a tilled field.
723. A little idleness causes the ruin of the beehive.
724. The little bird that flaps its wings too much will spoil them.
725. He who takes on too much squeezes little.
726. Give your host a little something when you leave; little presents are little courtesies and never offend.
727. What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset..
728. When we Indians kill meat, we eat it all up. When we dig roots, we make little holes. When we build houses, we make little holes. When we burn grass for grasshoppers, we don't ruin things. We shake down acorns and pine nuts. We don't chop down the trees. We only use dead wood.
729. Respect a little child, and let it respect you.
730. The little hemlock is sister to the great hemlock.
731. A little leaven smoothes away the whole lump.
732. A little rain each day will fill the rivers to overflowing.
733. One must talk little, and listen much.
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