More French Proverbs
A spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better...
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He looks one way and rows another....
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Fear is a great inventor....
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A man takes his own wherever he finds it....
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A fault denied is twice committed....
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Other Proverbs
He did not invent gunpowder....
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Listeners hear no good of themselves....
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All temptations are found either in hope or fear....
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When ill luck falls asleep, let none wake her....
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A hungry belly listens to no one....
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He pays dear for honey who licks it off thorns.
- French Proverb