You cannot be very smart if you have never done anything foolish.
More French Proverbs:
Man is preceded by forest and followed by desert.French
A silver hammer breaks an iron door.
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With an old husband's hide one buys a young one.
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The bud becomes a rose and the rose a hip.
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Small gifts maintain friendship, big ones maintain love.
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God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.
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