A beggar on his feet is worth more than an emperor in his grave.
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Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.
Proverbs and old sayings French about perfume, garden, virtue, beauty
All the treasures of the earth can't bring back one lost moment.
Proverbs and old sayings French about treasure, moment, earth
Too keen an edge does not cut, too fine a point does not pierce.
Proverbs and old sayings French
The one with a running nose always wants to blow someone else's.
Proverbs and old sayings French
The fox that sleeps in the morning has not his tongue feathered.
Proverbs and old sayings French
There once was a good mother-in-law but the wolf gobbled her up.
Proverbs and old sayings French about law, mother, good, good luck
A handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.
Proverbs and old sayings French about life, good, good luck
The weather, fleecy clouds, and a made up woman don't last long.
Proverbs and old sayings French about weather, woman
Sometimes the cry of the animal is worse than the animal itself.
Proverbs and old sayings French
His like Jean de Nivelle's dog, that runs away when he is called.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Wait until it is night before saying that is has been a fine day.
Proverbs and old sayings French about night, day
Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.
Proverbs and old sayings French about night, day
A cow does not know what her tail is worth until she has lost it.
Proverbs and old sayings French
To know a man well one must have eaten a bushel of salt with him.
Proverbs and old sayings French about man
Put something sweet in his mouth and send good news to the heart.
Proverbs and old sayings French about heart, good, good luck
None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.
Proverbs and old sayings French about proudness, common sense, power, people
Work relieves us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and want.
Proverbs and old sayings French about boredom, vice, work
You cannot be very smart if you have never done anything foolish.
Proverbs and old sayings French about intelligence, contentment
Better a small fire that warms you than a big one that burns you.
Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade, contentment
