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Manser, Martin H. "as a tree falls, so shall it lie." Writer's Reference Center. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 18 Apr. 2025. <http://fofweb.infobase.com/wrc/Detail.aspx?iPin=DOP00072>.
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as a tree falls, so shall it lie

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People should not attempt to change their beliefs or opinions just because they are about to die: "She sent a message … to the old father to come and see her before she died. … His answer was, 'As a tree falls so shall it lie'" (W. H. Hudson, Traveller in Little Things, 1921). The proverb is of biblical origin: "in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be" (Ecclesiastes 11:3). It was first recorded in its current form in a proverb collection of 1678.

Variant of this proverb: where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

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