More French Proverbs
Soft words don't scotch the tongue....
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A good tale is none the worse for being twice told....
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Anoint a villain and he will prick you, prick a villain and he will an...
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A fine cage won't feed the bird....
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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a peb...
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Other Proverbs
It's dogged as does it....
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He who has two masters to serve must lie to one of them....
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He is rich who owes nothing...
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He who lives in hopes, breakfasts ill and sups worse....
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He who eats the meat let him pick the bone....
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Nothing so bold as a miller's shirt (because it takes a thief by the throat every morning).
- French Proverb
