The mighty oak and the weeping willow

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A common parable or proverb, often attributed to various sources including Aesop's fables, about flexibility versus rigidity.

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Mentioned once in Give Him The Chair!.

Give Him The Chair!

Season 1 · Episode 19 · S01E19

“Just as the mighty oak snaps and falls in a windstorm, so the weeping willow bends and lives to see another day.”
— Frasier

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