He was slain that had warning, not he that took it.
More French Proverbs:
True jokes never please.French
He who dispraises a thing, wants to buy it.
French
Love expels jealousy.
French
One must needs like what one cannot hinder.
French
In marriage cheat who can.
French
The niggard spends as much as he who is liberal, and in the end more.
French