More French Proverbs
No man is an island, but some of us are long peninsulas....
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Avarice is never satisfied....
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A good example is the best sermon....
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A man may threaten yet be afraid....
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It is good to beat a proud man when he is alone....
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Other Proverbs
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing....
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The gutter by dropping wears the stone....
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A short horse is soon curried....
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The evil wound is cured, but not the evil name....
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The cask smells of the wine it contains....
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Fair without, foul within.
- French Proverb