More French Proverbs
A spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better...
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There is no worse water than that which sleeps....
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all....
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The beast dead, the venom is dead....
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Let every one mind his own business, and the cows will be well tended....
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Other Proverbs
A mute bird makes no omen....
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Bad luck is fertile....
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Eating and scratching want but a beginning...
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Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is ...
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Do not throw the arrow which will return against you...
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Who punishes one threatens a hundred.
- French Proverb