French Proverbs (2056 Proverbs)
- To leave a place is to die a little.
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- Tis a good horse that has no fault.
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- There once was a good mother-in-law but the wolf gobbled her up.
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- There is no hunting but with old hounds.
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- The world is a barrel, for all to draw from.
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- The silence of the people is a warning for the king.
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- The nearer the minster the later to mass.
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- The less one thinks, the more one speaks.
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- The Germans carry their wit in their fingers.
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- The Emperor of Germany is the king of kings, the King of Spain king of men, the King of France king of asses, the King of England king of devils.
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- The churl knows not the worth of spurs.
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- The beadle of the parish is always of the vicar's opinion.
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- Take a woman's first advice and not her second.
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- So many mists in March, so many frosts in May.
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- See a pin and pick it up, all the day you'll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie, bad luck you'll have all day.
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- Princes keep good reckoning, they never lose anything.
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- One tale is good till another is told.
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- One man alone is prey to the wolf.
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- One cannot be at the oven and the mill at the same time.
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- Nothing is more easily blotted out than a good turn.
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- No one is expected to achieve the impossible.
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- Never cross a bridge till you come to it.
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- Men count up the faults of those who keep them waiting.
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- Little by little the bird builds its nest.
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- It's a big wind that blows on small doors.
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- It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that people throw stones.
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- It is good to dance on another man's floor.
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- It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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- If your head is made of butter, don't be a baker.
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- If the weather is fine, put on you cloak; if it rains, do as you please.
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- His horse's head is too big, it cannot get out of the stable.
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- He who stops at every stone never gets to his journey's end.
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- He who listens at doors hears more than he desires.
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- He who has everything is content with nothing.
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- He who caresses thee more than the occasion justifies, has either deceived thee or intends it.
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- He that takes too great a leap falls into the ditch.
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- He that hath a wife is sure of strife.
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- He may swim boldly who is held up by the chin.
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- He is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his fingers.
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- He expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth.
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- When sheep get angry they are worse than wolves.
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- What you can't get is just what suits you.
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- Went in one ear and out the other.
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- Upon a slight pretext the wolf takes the sheep.
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- Too late to grieve when the chance is past.
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- To know a man well one must have eaten a bushel of salt with him.
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- Tis a good farthing that saves a penny.
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- There never was a looking-glass that told a woman she was ugly.
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- There is no flavour in a swallowed morsel.
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- The word of honour of a gentleman--another pledge would be better.
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- The sheep that is too tame is sucked by too many lambs.
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- The mule long keeps a kick in reserve for its master.
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- The last drop maketh the cup run over.
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- The friendship of great men is like the shadow of a bush, soon gone.
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- The early riser is healthy, cheerful and industrious.
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- The chicken that crows the loudest does not always give the biggest eggs.
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- The ball always looks for the best player.
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- Take heed of an ox before, an ass behind, and a monk on all sides.
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- So long as the wolf is captured the dog will bite his leg.
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- Saying well causes a laugh; doing well produces silence.
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- Pray, pray very much; but beware of telling God what you want.
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- One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes.
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- One is rated by others as he rates himself.
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- One candle for St. Michael, and another for his devil.
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- Nothing is more contagious than a bad example.
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- No one ever saw a goat dead of hunger.
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- Never choose your women or linen by candlelight.
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- Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself.
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- Link by link the coat of mail is made.
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- It would be a very big book that contained all the maybes uttered in a day.
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- It is nothing at all, only a woman drowning.
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- It is good to beat a proud man when he is alone.
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- Iron may be rubbed so long that it gets heated.
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- If you wrestle with a collier you will get a blotch.
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- If the sky were to fall we should catch plenty of larks.
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- Help you to salt, help you to sorrow.
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- He who spits in the air pollutes himself.
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- He who lies down with dogs gets up with fleas.
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- He who has daughters is always a shepherd.
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- He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.
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