When one is dead, it is for a long while.
More French Proverbs:
To heaven for the music but to hell for a good conversation.French
He who sows everywhere harvests nowhere.
French
He who carries one burden will soon carry a hundred.
French
A churl never liked a gentleman.
French
They will be hushed by a good deed who laugh at a wise speech.
French
One cannot ring the bells and walk in the procession.
French