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The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
(French Proverb)
Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.
(French Proverb)
Women will believe any lie that is wrapped in praise.
(French Proverb)
Golden bishop, wooden crosier; wooden bishop, golden crosier.
(French Proverb)
Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair.
(French Proverb)
Flies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar.
(French Proverb)
Everybody is wise after the thing has happened.
(French Proverb)
Even the best mule still saves a kick for his master.
(French Proverb)
Do not abstain from sowing for fear of the pigeons.
(French Proverb)
Between two stools the breech comes to the ground.
(French Proverb)
At the king's court every one for himself.
(French Proverb)
Anoint a villain and he will prick you, prick a villain and he will anoint you.
(French Proverb)
All the keys do not hang at one girdle.
(French Proverb)
A woman conceals only what she does not know.
(French Proverb)
A rich man is never ugly in the eyes of a girl.
(French Proverb)
A man who has but one eye must take good care of it.
(French Proverb)
A little absence does a lot of good.
(French Proverb)
A handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.
(French Proverb)
A good burgundy does a lot for women, especially when men drink it.
(French Proverb)
A fine girl and a tattered gown always find something to hook the them.
(French Proverb)
A courtier should be without feeling and without honour.
(French Proverb)
God visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.
(French Proverb)
From word to deed is a great space.
(French Proverb)
Fish must swim three times: once in the water, a second time in the sauce, and a third time in wine in the stomach.
(French Proverb)
Every woman needs two men -- one to be married to and the other to compare.
(French Proverb)
Eggs are put to hatch on a chance.
(French Proverb)
Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.
(French Proverb)
Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.
(French Proverb)
Being loved is the best way of being useful.
(French Proverb)
An ounce of luck is worth a pound of wisdom.
(French Proverb)
All is luck or ill luck in this world.
(French Proverb)
A woman and a ship ever want mending.
(French Proverb)
A restive morsel needs a spur of wine.
(French Proverb)
A man warned is as good as two.
(French Proverb)
A lawyer needs three bags: one full of papers, one full of money, and one full of patience.
(French Proverb)
A guest and a fish after three days are poison.
(French Proverb)
A good bottle of wine does not need a cork.
(French Proverb)
A father is a banker provided by nature.
(French Proverb)
A colt you may break, but an old horse you never can.
(French Proverb)
Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance.
(French Proverb)
God visits us often, but most of the time we are not home.
(French Proverb)
From to-morrow till to-morrow time goes a long journey.
(French Proverb)
Fine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows.
(French Proverb)
Every wise man is afraid of a fool.
(French Proverb)
Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich.
(French Proverb)
Courtesy that is all on one side cannot last long.
(French Proverb)
Between promising and giving a man should marry his daughter.
(French Proverb)
Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.
(French Proverb)
An ounce of favour goes further, or is worth more, than a pound of justice.
(French Proverb)
All cats are not to be set down for witches.
(French Proverb)
A woman and a melon are hard to choose.
(French Proverb)
A pleasant companion on a journey is as good as a postchaise.
(French Proverb)
A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.
(French Proverb)
A landmark is very well placed between the fields of two brothers.
(French Proverb)
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
(French Proverb)
A good bone does not always come to a good dog.
(French Proverb)
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
(French Proverb)
A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.
(French Proverb)
God save you from a man who has but one business.
(French Proverb)
From confessors, doctors, and lawyers, do not conceal the truth of your case.
(French Proverb)
Fine and fine make but a slender doublet.
(French Proverb)
Every one takes his pleasure where he finds it.
(French Proverb)
Eat bread at pleasure, drink wine by measure.
(French Proverb)
Could a man foresee events he would never be poor.
(French Proverb)
Between man and woman there is little difference, but vive la difference.
(French Proverb)
Be truly what thou wouldst be thought to be.
(French Proverb)
An old oven is easier to heat than a new one.
(French Proverb)
All are not hunters who blow the horn.
(French Proverb)
A wise man may learn of a fool.
(French Proverb)
A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.
(French Proverb)
A man takes his own wherever he finds it.
(French Proverb)
A lame man won't walk with one who is lamer.
(French Proverb)
A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.
(French Proverb)
A good armchair makes the backside soft and the heart hard.
(French Proverb)
A drowning man clings to a blade of grass.
(French Proverb)
A clown enriched knows neither relation nor friend.
(French Proverb)
Half an egg is better than an empty eggcup.
(French Proverb)
God save me from those I trust in.
(French Proverb)
Fouls invent fashions and wise men follow them.
(French Proverb)
Feather by feather the goose can be plucked.
(French Proverb)
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