More French Proverbs
Many a one suffers for what he can't help....
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Handsomely asked, handsomely refused....
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A little leaven leavens a great mass....
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A door must either be open or shut....
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Dreams go by contraries....
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Other Proverbs
He who loves well is slow to forget....
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The hen lays upon an egg....
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With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm....
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What the people believe is true...
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Don't take any wooden nickles....
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A bellyful is a bellyful.
- French Proverb