Famous French Proverb Quotations

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"When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have."
by French Proverb
"Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out"
by French Proverb
"Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests."
by French Proverb
"One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it."
by French Proverb
"A father is a banker provided by nature."
by French proverb
"He that seeks trouble never misses."
by French Proverb
"If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength."
by French Proverb
"Set a thief to catch a thief."
by French Proverb
"A crow is no whiter for being washed."
by French Proverb
"A white wall is the fool's paper."
by French Proverb
"Adversity is the touchstone of friendship."
by French Proverb
"Anger is a bad counselor."
by French Proverb
"Better the foot slip than the tongue."
by French Proverb
"Everyone thinks his own burden heavy."
by French Proverb
"Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks. (tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse)"
by French Proverb
"Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies."
by French Proverb
"From word to deed is a great space."
by French Proverb
"Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth."
by French Proverb
"He that does not ask will never get a bargain."
by French Proverb
"He who survives will see the outcome."
by French Proverb
"Honey is sweet but bees sting."
by French Proverb
"If the young only knew; if the old only could."
by French Proverb
"Life is an onion and one peels it crying."
by French Proverb
"No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give."
by French Proverb
"Pray, pray very much but beware of telling God what you want."
by French Proverb
"Ready money works great cures."
by French Proverb
"There is no flying without wings."
by French Proverb
"There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience."
by French proverb
"Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics."
by French Proverb
"To understand all is to forgive all."
by French Proverb
"Travellers from afar can lie with impunity."
by French Proverb
"Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day."
by French Proverb
"Wait until it is night before saying that is has been a fine day."
by French Proverb
"We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it."
by French Proverb
"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry."
by French proverb
"What was hard to endure is sweet to recall."
by French Proverb
"When one has one's hand full of truth it is not always wise to open it."
by French Proverb
"When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach."
by French Proverb
"With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle."
by French Proverb


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