French Proverbs - page 35

Never limp before the lame. (French Proverb)
It is not the greatest beauties that inspire the most profound passion. View proverb
French Proverb
It is nothing at all, only a woman drowning. View proverb
French Proverb
It is overdoing the thing to die of love. View proverb
French Proverb
It is the old cow's notion that she never was a calf. View proverb
French Proverb
Might overcomes right. View proverb
French Proverb
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition. View proverb
French Proverb
Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot. View proverb
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Money is round, it must roll. View proverb
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It is well to fly low on account of the branches. View proverb
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It will not do to keep holidays before they come. (French Proverb)
It will not out of the flesh that is bred in the bone. View proverb
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It won't do to trifle with fire. View proverb
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It's better to be a hammer than a nail. View proverb
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Jealousy is nourished by doubt. View proverb
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John has been to school to learn to be a fool. View proverb
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Kindred without friends, friends without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, profit without virtue, is not worth a rush. View proverb
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Marriages sealed with rings end with drawn knives. View proverb
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Married to-day, married to-morrow. View proverb
French Proverb
Marry your son when you please, your daughter when you can. View proverb
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Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself. (French Proverb)
May and December never agree. View proverb
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People count the faults of those who keep them waiting. View proverb
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Men's skins have many colors, but human blood is always red. View proverb
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Laughing is not always the proof of a mind at ease. View proverb
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