Grain Proverbs

If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people. (Chinese Proverb)
The immature rice stalk stands erect, while the mature stalk, heavy with grain, bends over. View proverb
Cambodian Proverb
A man must put grain in the ground before he can cut the harvest. View proverb
Gypsy Proverb
Ants can attack with a grain of rice. View proverb
Madagascan Proverb
The giant tree grows from a grain. View proverb
Senegalese Proverb
Disgrace is like the grain of a tree trunk -- time makes it bigger instead of erasing it. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
He who is desperate will squeeze oil out of a grain of sand. View proverb
Japanese Proverb
Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole. View proverb
African Proverb
Supposing doesn't fill the grain basket; 'if' doesn't fill the larder. View proverb
African Proverb
A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. View proverb
English Proverb
He makes a dome out of a grain. (Arabic Proverb)
One grain does not full the granary, but it helps its companion. View proverb
Portuguese Proverb
A sack was never so full but that it would hold another grain. View proverb
Italian Proverb
A ragged sack holds no grain, a poor man is not taken into counsel. View proverb
Italian Proverb
Of evil grain no good seed can come. View proverb
Kurdish Proverb
Grain by grain the hen fills her crop. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
A grain does not fill a sieve, but it helps its fellow. View proverb
Spanish Proverb
Sharing a secret with a rogue is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying a grain in a bag with a hole in it. View proverb
Ethiopian Proverb
Grain by grain, a loaf; stone by stone, a castle. View proverb
Yugoslav Proverb
Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole. (Nilotic Proverb)
Birds align with grain, but not with the stick. View proverb
Omani Proverb
Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar. View proverb
Traditional Proverb
If in february there be no rain, 'tis neither good for hay nor grain. View proverb
Darkovan Proverb
If you want a crop for one year, grow grain; if you want a crop for ten years, grow a tree; if you want a crop for a hundred years, grow men. View proverb
Chinese Proverb
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