More French Proverbs

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A short mass and a long dinner.... >>

Every elm has its man.... >>

Every path has its puddle... >>

A man travels as far in a day as a snail in a hundred years.... >>

Other Proverbs

Every one speaks of the fair as he himself finds it.... (Spanish) >>

The old man at home, and the young abroad, lie after the sam... (Spanish) >>

When fire and water are at war, it is the fire that loses.... (Spanish) >>

Halfway is twelve miles when you have fourteen miles to go.... (Spanish) >>

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... (Italian) >>

Trim my beard, and I will trim your top-knot.

- French Proverb