Proverbs and old sayings French, page 88

2066 proverbs and old sayings french

There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.

Proverbs and old sayings French about kiss

Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

He who sows the seed of discord works in the devil's barn.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

He that waits for a dead man's shoes may long go barefoot.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

A man who is afraid of suffering suffers from fear itself.

Proverbs and old sayings French about suffering, fear, man

A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Rather a single grape for me than a brace of figs for thee.

Proverbs and old sayings French

There is no perfect marriage, for there are no perfect men.

Proverbs and old sayings French about perfection, marriage, man

When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.

Proverbs and old sayings French about devil

Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing, good, good luck

He who is waiting for someone else's bowl often dines late.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A good armchair makes the backside soft and the heart hard.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heart, good, good luck

Marry your son when you please, your daughter when you can.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.

Proverbs and old sayings French about happiness, wife, man

When a blind man bears the standard, pity those who follow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about blind, man

The pitcher goes often to the well and gets broken at last.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Quarrels do not last long if the wrong is only on one side.

Proverbs and old sayings French about bad

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.

Proverbs and old sayings French about poetry

There are no foolish trades, there are only foolish people.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people