More French Proverbs
One must needs like what one cannot hinder....
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He that spends more than he is worth spins a rope for his own neck....
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Could a man foresee events he would never be poor....
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A good dog never gets a good bone....
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Bells call to church but do not enter....
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Other Proverbs
Too hot to last....
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The mouth and the purse, shut....
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He who does good to you either dies or goes away....
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He who begins many things finishes but few....
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If you want to be revenged, hold your tongue....
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A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.
- French Proverb
