More French Proverbs
He who wishes to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope....
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A little man fells a great oak....
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Truth is the club that knocks down and kills everybody....
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The days follow each other and are not alike....
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One always knocks oneself in the sore place....
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Other Proverbs
The thread breaks where it is thinnest....
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Advice is least heeded when most needed...
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All roads lead to Rome...
(Japanese) >>
A turn of the key is better than the conscience of a friar....
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For a wife and horse to your neighbour....
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Some who mean only to warm, burn themselves.
- French Proverb