More French Proverbs
If wishes would bide, beggars would ride....
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Why buy a cow if you can get the milk for free....
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One always returns to one's first love....
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Lion-skins were never had cheap....
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Love does wonders, but money makes marriage....
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Other Proverbs
The sharper soon cheats the covetous man....
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No flies light on a boiling pot....
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He who would take must give....
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If I am a fool, put your finger in my mouth....
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He who keeps his own secret avoids much mischief....
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At Shrove-tide every one had need of his frying-pan.
- French Proverb