Cree Proverbs
Posted on April 6, 2012
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Good fortune and bad fortune arrive in the same canoe.
Follow one elk at a time.
Words are strong, brevity stronger, silence strongest.
Trust life, especially when you cannot see around the bend where she leads you.
Ask the flint-maker about flint.
A tired hunter cannot aim.
Fire in the hands of a fool becomes prairie fire.
For the man in a trap, everything is a trap.
Illusion makes the path very rocky.
The bird that flies straight is the first one to be struck by an arrow.
The log used to cross a river is left behind.
When incomprehension is great, violence is near.
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The road to hell is paved with careful planning.
A poem: Earth’s anger at God for putting people on it.
The wise oyster stays in its shell.
Walk a thousand miles in an other man’s shoes and something’s got to give.