He, who more than he is worth doth spend, E'en makes a rope, his life to end.
Proverbs and old sayings French about end, life
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He is a very bad manager of honey who leaves nothing to lick off his fingers.
Proverbs and old sayings French about heads, nothing, bad luck, bad
The graveyards are full of young lawyers, lost inheritance and young doctors.
Proverbs and old sayings French
For most people love of justice is no more than the fear to suffer injustice.
Proverbs and old sayings French about injustice, suffering, justice, fear, people, love
From confessors, doctors, and lawyers, do not conceal the truth of your case.
Proverbs and old sayings French about truth
One finds little ingratitude so long as one is in a position to grant favors.
Proverbs and old sayings French about ingratitude
He that lets his fish escape, may cast his net often yet never catch it again.
Proverbs and old sayings French about trap, fishing
If you lose your wife and fifteen pennies -- oh! what a pity about the money.
Proverbs and old sayings French about wife, money, contentment
In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings.
Proverbs and old sayings French about blind, man
There are two great pleasures in gambling: that of winning and that of losing.
Proverbs and old sayings French
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
Proverbs and old sayings French about time, man
Anoint a villain and he will prick you, prick a villain and he will anoint you.
Proverbs and old sayings French about criminals, contentment
A little dinner, long expected and cold, is by no means given, but dearly sold.
Proverbs and old sayings French
To contradict means sometimes to knock at the door to see if anyone is at home.
Proverbs and old sayings French about home
A spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better they be.
Proverbs and old sayings French about wife, contentment
To whom do you offer your shells for sale? To people who come from Saint Michel.
Proverbs and old sayings French about saints, people, contentment
Nothing equals the joy of the drinker, except the joy of the wine in being drunk.
Proverbs and old sayings French about joy, being, wine, nothing
Smoke, floods, and a troublesome wife, are enough to drive a man out of his life.
Proverbs and old sayings French about smoke, wife, life, man
Who is born of a cat will run after mice. (An illusion to one of Aesop's fables. )
Proverbs and old sayings French
When the miller is also the mayor, there are two thieves in one pair of trousers.
Proverbs and old sayings French about thieves
