More French Proverbs
May chickens come cheeping....
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The noise is so great one cannot hear God thunder....
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Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees....
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Some who mean only to warm, burn themselves....
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Never send a boy to do a man's job....
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Other Proverbs
You don't put robbers to work in a bank....
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Even a sick man shuns death....
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Never give advice unless asked...
(Arab) >>
He that eats the king's geese shall be choked with the feath...
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An ounce of state to a pound of gold....
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He is a thief indeed who robs a thief.
- French Proverb