Entry 153

Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.

French proverb

The leaves of memory seemed to make

A mournful rustling in the dark.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root.

Malay proverb

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.

Chinese proverb

A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense.

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