More French Proverbs
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb....
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He who can give has many a good neighbour....
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Fortune can take from us only what she has given us....
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A glaring sunny morning, a woman that talks Latin, and a child reared ...
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He has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan....
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Other Proverbs
The ass knows well in whose face be brays....
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To your son give a good name and a trade....
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Right or wrong, God aid our purpose....
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Rise early and watch, labour and catch....
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Prison and Lent were made for the poor....
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A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.
- French Proverb