The stable wears out a horse more than the road.
More French Proverbs:
He who takes a wife takes a master.French
What a monk thinks he dares to do.
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A hungry belly has no ears.
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An ass does not stumble twice over the same stone.
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Greater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad.
French
A good thing can be twice, nay, even thrice spoken.
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