More French Proverbs
Be truly what thou wouldst be thought to be....
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It is not the greatest beauties that inspire the most profound passion...
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He has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan....
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An ounce of luck is worth a pound of wisdom....
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A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by....
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Other Proverbs
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. In...
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Two false men to one traitor....
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To give is honour, to love is grief....
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It is ill fishing before the net....
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Golden hands, but a wicked mouth....
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All the treasures of earth cannot bring back one lost moment.
- French Proverb