More French Proverbs
Not every dog that barks bites....
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Everything goes by favour and cousinship....
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A little dinner, long expected and cold, is by no means given, but dea...
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Handsomely asked, handsomely refused....
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At Shrove-tide every one had need of his frying-pan....
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Other Proverbs
A spot shows most on the finest cloth....
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My word is my bond....
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First deserve, and then desire...
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My daughter-in-law tucked up her sleeves, and upset the kett...
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I a lazy lout, you a lazy lout, marry me, Antonia....
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Reasonable people can differ.
- French Proverb