More French Proverbs
Nothing is more like an honest man than a rogue....
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He who bestirs himself sucks up, he who lies still dries up....
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A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself....
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At the wars as they do at the wars....
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All heads are not sense-boxes....
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Other Proverbs
He cannot find water in the sea....
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An ant may well destroy a whole dam...
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A mute bird makes no omen....
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Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all....
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Spread the table and contention will cease...
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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.
- French Proverb