The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. (French)
A hair casts its shadow on the ground. (Spanish)
A man cannot jump over his own shadow. (Yiddish)
A shadow is a feeble thing, but no sun can drive it away. (Swedish)
Even the shadow of a disagreeable man is deformed. (Singhalese)
Grasp not at the shadow and so lose the substance. (Korean)
If you are standing upright, don’t worry if your shadow is crooked. (Chinese)
No man sees his shadow who faces the sun. (Danish)
No sunshine but hath some shadow. (English)
Nobody can rest in his own shadow. (Hungarian)
One’s shadow grows larger than life when admired by the light of the moon. (Chinese)
The hill’s shadow is not cast upon the mountain. (German)
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