In the kingdom of the blind men, those who are blessed with one eye are kings.
Proverbs and old sayings French about blind, man
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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
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
To whom do you offer your shells for sale? To people who come from Saint Michel.
Proverbs and old sayings French about saints, people
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
When a man finds no peace within himself, it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
Proverbs and old sayings French about peace, man
It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
Proverbs and old sayings French about bankers, money, man
Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow.
Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, woman, day
One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with twenty casks of vinegar.
Proverbs and old sayings French
He that refuseth praise the first time does it because he would have it the second.
Proverbs and old sayings French about praise, time
If you have a good case, try to compromise; if you have a bad one, take it to court.
Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad, good, good luck
The fox says of the mulberries when he cannot get at them; they are not good at all.
Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck
A sin concealed is half pardoned (meaning when care is taken to conceal the scandal).
Proverbs and old sayings French about sin
