ProverbPerseverance
English origin
English originBend the twig while it is young.
Meaning: Early correction of a child's character or habits proves far more effective than attempting reform later.
Origin: A gardener can train a young tree by bending its supple branches, but grown wood will not bend. The proverb applies the image to raising children, and Alexander Pope gave the idea its most famous form: "Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined."
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- Гладна мечка хоро не играе (Gladna mechka horo ne igrae) Nothing gets done on an empty stomach.
- Бели кахъри (Beli kahŭri) Trivial, almost pleasant things to fret over.
- На баба ми хвърчилото (Na baba mi hvarchiloto) Something utterly irrelevant or nonsensical.
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