
“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
Sai, che piegar si vede
Il docile arboscello,
Che vince allor che cede
Dei turbini al furor.
Il Trionfo di Clelia (1762), Act I, scene 8.
Sai, che piegar si vede Il docile arboscello, Che vince allor che cede Dei turbini al furor.
“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
Manmadin, The Indian Cupid. Floating down the Ganges from The London Literary Gazette (14th December 1822) Fragments in Rhyme VII
The Improvisatrice (1824)
Folsom Prison Blues
Song lyrics, Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar (1957)
"The Two Streams", Ch. VI.
The Professor at the Breakfast Table (1859)
Quoted, This Side of Paradise (1920)
“When the wind blows, the grass bends.”
Source: The Analects