Miniature of a man cutting down a tree on which he sits (an illustration of the proverb: ‘chop
Miniature of a man cutting down a tree on which he sits (an illustration of the proverb: ‘chopping down the branch that supports you’), from Pierre Sala’s Petit Livre d’Amour, France (Paris and Lyon), 1st quarter of the 16th century. -- source link
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