More French Proverbs
Mention not a rope in the house of one whose father was hanged....
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It is the tone that makes the music....
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Good bargains are ruinous....
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Flies are easier caught with honey than with vinegar....
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He is rich that is satisfied....
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Other Proverbs
Let the big dog eat....
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He who loves well, obeys well....
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Every cock is proud on his own dung hill....
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A great lance-thrust to a dead Moor....
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You used to be a baker, though now you wear gloves....
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The interested friend is a swallow on the roof. (Prepared to leave at the approach of winter.)
- French Proverb