More French Proverbs

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Not every sort of wood is fit to make an arrow.... >>

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A brain is worth little without a tongue.... >>

If you're born to be hanged then you'll never be drowned.... >>

Other Proverbs

Prepare for calamity not yet in bud.... (Chinese) >>

All's not lost that's in danger.... (Spanish) >>

A buxom widow must be married, buried, or cloistered.... (Spanish) >>

The best cook drops a whole tomato.... (Spanish) >>

The servant wench that has a mother in town swoons seven tim... (Spanish) >>

He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.

- French Proverb