More French Proverbs
'Tis a good horse that has no fault....
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Upon a slight pretext the wolf takes the sheep....
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A cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it....
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A fine cage won't feed the bird....
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He is the more obstinate for being advised....
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Other Proverbs
It is not the fine, but the coarse and ill-spun that breaks....
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Take the bitter with the sweet....
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Crap or get off the pot....
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A mill cannot grind with water that is past....
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Gold is where you find it....
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Everything in time comes to him who knows how to wait.
- French Proverb
