Proverbs and old sayings French, page 100

2066 proverbs and old sayings french

He who rides on the giant's shoulders sees further than he who carries him.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Who cares well for cats will marry as happily as he or she could ever wish.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wish

The pleasure of love lasts but a moment, The pain of love lasts a lifetime.

Proverbs and old sayings French about moment, pleasure, pain, love

Most men employ the earlier part of their life to make the other miserable.

Proverbs and old sayings French about life, man

To do like the monkey, get the chesnuts out of the fire with the cat's paw.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade

An ounce of favour goes further, or is worth more, than a pound of justice.

Proverbs and old sayings French about justice

He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe he may dance.

Proverbs and old sayings French about chance, dance

He that wants to keep his house clean must not let priest or pigeon into it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about home, house

Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?

Proverbs and old sayings French

Women believe the strangest of lies as long as they are wrapped up in praise.

Proverbs and old sayings French about faith, praise

The secret of two is God's secret, the secret of three is everybody's secret.

Proverbs and old sayings French about secret, god

A party of two is that of God; of three of the king; of four is of the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil, god

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

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