When the tree is down everybody runs to the branches.
More French Proverbs:
Work relieves us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and want.French
He is rich that is satisfied.
French
Everything comes to the man who does not need it.
French
They forgive the wine but they hang the bottle.
French
He'll laugh well that laughs longest.
French
Always in love, never married.
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