Grease a churl's boots and he'll say you are burning them.
Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment
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Two sparrows on the same ear of corn are not long friends.
Proverbs and old sayings French
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.
Proverbs and old sayings French about destiny, contentment
Save a thief from the gallows and he will cut your throat.
Proverbs and old sayings French about thieves
There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.
Proverbs and old sayings French about kiss
Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.
Proverbs and old sayings French about devil
He who sows the seed of discord works in the devil's barn.
Proverbs and old sayings French about devil
He that waits for a dead man's shoes may long go barefoot.
Proverbs and old sayings French about man
A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.
Proverbs and old sayings French about suffering, fear, man
A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Rather a single grape for me than a brace of figs for thee.
Proverbs and old sayings French
There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men.
Proverbs and old sayings French about perfection, marriage, man
When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.
Proverbs and old sayings French about devil, contentment
Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.
Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing, good, good luck
He who is waiting for someone else's bowl often dines late.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A good armchair makes the backside soft and the heart hard.
Proverbs and old sayings French about heart, good, good luck
Marry your son when you please, your daughter when you can.
Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment
Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.
Proverbs and old sayings French about happiness, wife, man
When a blind man bears the standard, pity those who follow.
Proverbs and old sayings French about blind, man
