More French Proverbs
The best company must part, as King Dagobert said to his hounds....
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He is the more obstinate for being advised....
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If the weather is fine, put on you cloak; if it rains, do as you pleas...
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A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty....
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After me the deluge....
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Other Proverbs
Every dog has his day....
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He loses his market who has nothing to sell....
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If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting...
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A cracked bell will never be sound....
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No pear falls into a shut mouth....
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Be truly what thou wouldst be thought to be.
- French Proverb