To leave is to die a little.
More French Proverbs:
Reasonings banish reason.French
Tis a silly sheep that makes the wolf her confessor.
French
There is no bush so small but casts its shadow.
French
The higher the ape climbs the more he shows his rump.
French
Where the goat is tied she must browse.
French
Whoever rubs himself with garlic will not smell of cloves.
French