Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too much lose horse and mule.
More French Proverbs:
The only way to keep a secret is to say nothing.French
He looks for his ass and sits on its back.
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If the seawater were hotter we could catch boiled fish.
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To scare a bird is not the way to catch it.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Whoso is well let him keep so.
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