More French Proverbs
Fat broth cannot be made of nothing....
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He asks advice in vain who will not follow it....
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Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey....
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With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle....
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He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn....
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Other Proverbs
Much talking, much erring....
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Play's gude, while it is play....
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Learning makes people fit company for themselves....
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A poor man is always behind....
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you....
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Great scholars are not the shrewdest men.
- French Proverb
