The immature rice stalk stands erect, while the mature stalk, heavy with grain, bends over.
More Cambodian Proverbs:
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will spare yourself one hundred days of tears.Cambodian
People give, but don't be in a hurry to take.
Cambodian
You can't claim heaven as your own if you are just going to sit under it.
Cambodian
If you are doing wrong, make sure you don't get fat from it.
Cambodian
Don't reject the crooked road and don't take the straight one, instead take the one traveled by the ancestors.
Cambodian
Don't let an angry man wash dishes; don't let a hungry man guard rice.
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