More French Proverbs
A honeyed tongue with a heart of gall....
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Gentleness does more than violence....
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Hares are not caught by the sound of the drum....
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To every saint his candle....
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He has enough who is content....
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Other Proverbs
Fools and bairns should never see half-done work....
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket...
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He who comes first grinds first....
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A pig's tail will never make a good arrow....
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She is nether fish nor fowl....
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He has great need of a fool who makes himself one.
- French Proverb