More French Proverbs
He is the more obstinate for being advised....
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He pulls at a long rope who desires another's death....
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One should choose a wife with the ears, rather than with the eyes....
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Envy goes beyond avarice....
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He who sees leather cut asks for a thong....
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Other Proverbs
Gratefulness is the poor man's payment....
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Let him that has a mouth not say to another, Blow....
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Let there be no lack of food in the pigeon-house, and the pi...
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The hen lays upon an egg....
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Poverty is not a crime....
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He who waits for another man's trencher often dines in imagination (or with Duke Humphrey).
- French Proverb