More French Proverbs
The abbey does not fail for want on one monk....
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He has enough to do who holds the handle of a frying-pan....
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It is good to beat a proud man when he is alone....
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A woman conceals only what she does not know....
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A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat....
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Other Proverbs
He who rides the tiger can never dismount....
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Tell it well, or say nothing....
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A good name covers theft....
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He to whom God gives no sons, the devil gives nephews....
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To know and to act are one and the same...
(Greek) >>
He is a fool who makes a mallet of his fist.
- French Proverb
