It is better to be the first on one's race than the last.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Proverbs and old sayings French, page 87
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Never speak of a rope in the house of one who was hanged.
Proverbs and old sayings French about home, house
Absent, none without blame; present, none without excuse.
Proverbs and old sayings French about absent, present
You hear little from the drummer that is paid in advance.
Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment
He sins as much who holds the bag as he who puts into it.
Proverbs and old sayings French about sin
It is better to have to do with God than with his saints.
Proverbs and old sayings French about saints, god
He is the devil's valet, he does more that he is ordered.
Proverbs and old sayings French about devil
A sparrow in the hand is better than a crane on the wing.
Proverbs and old sayings French
It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.
Proverbs and old sayings French
The beadle of the parish is always of the vicar's opinion.
Proverbs and old sayings French about opinion
Whoever rubs himself with garlic will not smell of cloves.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Wedlock rides in the saddle and repentance on the crupper.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Man is the only mammal that can be skinned more than once.
Proverbs and old sayings French about man
God visits us often, but most of the time we are not home.
Proverbs and old sayings French about home, time, god
So long as the wolf is captured the dog will bite his leg.
Proverbs and old sayings French
He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Grease a churl's boots and he'll say you are burning them.
Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment
Two sparrows on the same ear of corn are not long friends.
Proverbs and old sayings French
You often meet your fate on the road you take to avoid it.
Proverbs and old sayings French about destiny, contentment
Save a thief from the gallows and he will cut your throat.
Proverbs and old sayings French about thieves
