More French Proverbs
Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child....
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White meal is not got out of a coal-sack....
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Bees touch no fading flowers....
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Greater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad....
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It will not do to keep holidays before they come....
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Other Proverbs
Sour wine, old bacon, and rye bread keep a house rich....
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The paunch warm, the foot sleepy....
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Quarreling dogs come halting home....
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Despair gives courage to a coward....
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The darkest hour is that before the dawn....
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A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
- French Proverb
