Proverbs and old sayings French, page 60

2066 proverbs and old sayings french

Don't imitate the fly before you have wings.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He is not so much of a devil as he is black.

Proverbs and old sayings French about magic, devil

The fox thrives best when he is most cursed.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The world is a barrel, for all to draw from.

Proverbs and old sayings French about world

Choose a wife with your ears, not your eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings French about eyes, wife

One may steal nothing save a lawyer's purse.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing

Never trust a woman who mentions her virtue.

Proverbs and old sayings French about virtue, woman

It is nothing at all, only a woman drowning.

Proverbs and old sayings French about woman, nothing

The chicken sings what the cock teaches him.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Princes use men as the husbandman uses bees.

Proverbs and old sayings French about use, man

Unstringing the bow does not cure the wound.

Proverbs and old sayings French

I love my friends -- but I love myself more.

Proverbs and old sayings French about love

You can sell the devil if he is well cooked.

Proverbs and old sayings French about commerce, devil

Good nature without prudence is foolishness.

Proverbs and old sayings French about prudence, nature, good, good luck

That is done soon enough which is well done.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The days follow each other and are not alike.

Proverbs and old sayings French about day

A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children, man

Let not your shirt know your way of thinking.

Proverbs and old sayings French about thinking

Turn your tongue seven times before speaking.

Proverbs and old sayings French

'Tis sweet at certain times to drop the sage.

Proverbs and old sayings French