More French Proverbs
Near is my kirkle, but nearer is my smock....
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In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie....
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Everyone thinks his own burden heavy....
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Gentleness does more than violence....
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He is a fool who makes a mallet of his fist....
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Other Proverbs
The hammer shatters glass but forges steel...
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On dry land even brackish water is good....
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My sister's son is a kinsman beyond dispute....
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The ox without a bell is soon lost....
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Of other men's leather large thongs....
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There is no hunting but with old hounds.
- French Proverb