As a man lives, so shall he die, as a tree falls, so shall it lie. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Old habits die hard.
- Nature will have its course.
- That which is crooked cannot be made straight.
- A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
- An ape is ne'er so like an ape, as when he wears a doctor's cape.
- The ass loaded with gold Still eats thistles.
- What good can it do an ass to be called a lion?
- The cask savours of the first fill.
- A kite will never be a good hawk.
- Bring a cow to the hall and she will run to the byre.
- Send a fool to France, and a fool he'll come back.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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As a tree falls, so shall it lie.
Similar proverbs in another language
French
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L'arbre tombe toujours du côté où il penche.
The tree always falls the way it leans.
German
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Wie der Baum fällt, so bleibt er liegen.
As the tree falls, so it remains.
Czech
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Kam se dřevo kloní, tam i padá.
Where the wood falls, it falls.
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Táhne se žilka, kam byla navykla.
The vein stretches where it was used to.