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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)
Every one takes his flogging in his own way.
(French Proverb)
Dress slowly when you are in a hurry.
(French Proverb)
Christmas has been talked of so long that it has come at last.
(French Proverb)
Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.
(French Proverb)
Be a horse ever so well shod, he may slip.
(French Proverb)
An old dog does not bark for nothing.
(French Proverb)
Against change of fortune set a brave heart.
(French Proverb)
A wicked man's gift hath a touch of his master.
(French Proverb)
A party of two is that of God; of three of the king; of four is of the devil.
(French Proverb)
A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
(French Proverb)
A kick from a mare never hurt a horse.
(French Proverb)
A good thing can be twice, nay, even thrice spoken.
(French Proverb)
A glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks Latin, and a child reared on wine, never come to a good end.
(French Proverb)
A door must either be open or shut.
(French Proverb)
A civil denial is better than a rude grant.
(French Proverb)
Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.
(French Proverb)
God puts a good root in the little pig's way.
(French Proverb)
Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow.
(French Proverb)
Fear and restlessness kill more than do illnesses.
(French Proverb)
Every one should sweep before his own door.
(French Proverb)
Don't try to fly before you have wings.
(French Proverb)
Children have more need of models than critics.
(French Proverb)
Better to stumble once than be always tottering.
(French Proverb)
At the wars as they do at the wars.
(French Proverb)
An old ape never made a pretty grimace.
(French Proverb)
After the daughter is married, then come sons-in-law in plenty.
(French Proverb)
A thing too much seen is little prized.
(French Proverb)
A party of one alone is not a party.
(French Proverb)
A man may cause his own dog to bite him.
(French Proverb)
A jackfish does more than a letter of recommendation.
(French Proverb)
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.
(French Proverb)
A girl without a friend is like the spring without roses.
(French Proverb)
A dog with a docked tail is not afraid that its backside can be seen.
(French Proverb)
A churl knows not the work of spurs (i.e., honour).
(French Proverb)
Don't find fault with what you don't understand.
(French Proverb)
Greater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad.
(French Proverb)
God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.
(French Proverb)
Fortune can take from us only what she has given us.
(French Proverb)
Fashion is a tyrant from which there is no deliverance; all must conform to its whimsical.
(French Proverb)
Every mother-in-law is a piece of the devil's pants.
(French Proverb)
Don't speak to the man at the helm.
(French Proverb)
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