More French Proverbs

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A good dog never gets a good bone.... >>

A woman and a melon are hard to choose.... >>

A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.... >>

He has eaten his corn in the blade.... >>

Other Proverbs

No king was ever a traitor, or pope excommunicated.... (Spanish) >>

Talk little and well, and you will be looked upon as somebod... (Spanish) >>

If you would make a thief honest, trust him.... (Spanish) >>

Between two Saturday's happen many marvels.... (Spanish) >>

Love is an excuse for its own faults.... (Italian) >>

With an old husband's hide one buys a young one.

- French Proverb