French Proverbs (2056 Proverbs)
- A silent woman is a gift from God.
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- A man who wants to drown his dog says he is mad.
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- A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.
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- A honeyed tongue with a heart of gall.
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- A good head does not want for hats.
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- A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.
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- A coward's fear may make a coward valiant.
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- A beggar on his feet is worth more than an emperor in his grave.
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- Good comes to better, and better to bad.
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- Give me the rhubarb and you may take the senna.
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- Fools are more useful to the wise than wise are to fools.
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- Everything comes to the man who does not need it.
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- Even the tiniest little chapel has its saint.
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- Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak.
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- But may not truth in laughing guise be dressed?
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- Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.
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- As soon dies the calf as the cow.
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- Always say no, and you will never be married.
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- A woman who dances too much gets ill from little work.
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- A saint that cannot cure anyone has few disciples.
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- A man who wants bread is ready for anything.
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- A living dog is better than a dead lion.
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- A healthy soul cannot live in a dry body.
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- A good fox does not eat his neighbor's chickens.
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- A fool's speech is a bubble of air.
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- A coward often deals a mortal blow to the brave.
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- A beggar is never out of his road.
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- Good advice is often annoying -- bad advice never is.
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- Give him a foot and he'll take four.
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- Follow the river and you will reach the sea.
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- Everyone blames his memory, but never his judgement.
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- Even the strongest person will find his master.
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- Do not let grass grow on the path of friendship.
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- But for all that the honest man has not got his purse.
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- Better a good dinner than a fine coat.
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- As changeable is the moon so is the opinion of the woman.
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- All truths are not good to be uttered.
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- A woman who accepts, sells herself; a woman who gives, surrenders.
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- A sack was never so full but that it would hold another grain.
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- A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client.
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- A little man sometimes casts a long shadow.
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- A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.
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- A good figure is better than a reference letter.
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- A foolish woman is known by her finery.
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- A cow from afar gives plenty of milk.
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- A beautiful maxim in the memory is like a piece of gold in the purse.
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- Don't rely on the label of the bag.
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- Good advice is as good as an eye in the hand.
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- Get out of that place and let me take it.
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- Flies will not light on a boiling pot.
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- Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
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- Even the smallest little bush casts some shadow.
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- Do not lend your money to a great man.
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- Build a golden bridge for the fleeing enemy.
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- Bells call to church but do not enter.
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- Appetite comes with eating; the more one has, the more one would have.
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- All the treasures of the earth can't bring back one lost moment.
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- A woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.
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- A sack is best tied before it is full.
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- A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.
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- A little dinner, long expected and cold, is by no means given, but dearly sold.
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- A handsome hostess is bad for the purse.
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- A good driver turns in a small space.
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- A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
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- A cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it.
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- A bad workman never finds a good tool.
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- When the door is low one must stoop.
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- When all sins grow old covetousness is young.
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- What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
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- We make big promises to avoid little presents.
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- Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.
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- To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to lose it.
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- To eat and drink, and sleep together, is marriage, methinks.
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- They who come from afar have leave to lie.
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- There is no worse water than still water.
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- There are no foolish trades, there are only foolish people.
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- The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings.
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- The richest man carries nothing away with him but a shroud.
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- The money paid, the workman's arm is broken.
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- The handsomest woman can only give what she has.
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