More French Proverbs

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The days follow each other and are not alike.... >>

Nothing is had for nothing.... >>

You cannot make a hawk of a buzzard.... >>

The noise is so great one cannot hear God thunder.... >>

Other Proverbs

A field held in common is always ravaged by bears.... (Russian) >>

If the child cries let the mother hush it, and if it will no... (Spanish) >>

In the bagpiper's house they are all dancers.... (Spanish) >>

Money soothes more than a gentleman's words.... (Spanish) >>

A hundred years hence we shall all be bald.... (Spanish) >>

The busiest men have the most leisure.

- French Proverb