More French Proverbs
Lawyers' houses are built on the heads of fools....
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There is a pinch of the madman in every great man....
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I sing the song of the person whose bread I eat....
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It is only the first bottle that is dear....
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Beware of a reconciled enemy....
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Other Proverbs
A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred....
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A child of a year old sucks milk from the heel....
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A good name covers theft....
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Fancy passes beauty....
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Let it be a husband, though it be but a log....
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The sea has an enormous thirst and an insatiable appetite.
- French Proverb