More French Proverbs
Vainglory bears no grain....
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He wears the mourning of his washerwoman....
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Drop by drop fills the tub....
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He sleeps securely who has nothing to lose....
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A good swimmer is not safe against drowning....
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Other Proverbs
When drink enters, wisdom departs....
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There is no choicer morsel than that which is stolen....
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Soft fire makes sweet malt....
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Absence is a shrew....
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With money you would not know yourself, without money nobody...
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Some who mean only to warm, burn themselves.
- French Proverb