Proverbs and old sayings French, page 93

2066 proverbs and old sayings french

No more teachers, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks.

Proverbs and old sayings French about teachers, books

One hour's sleep before midnight is better than three after it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about sleep

The devil sweetens another man's wife with a spoonful of honey.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wife, devil, man

There's virtue in a man's face (i.e., presence carries weight).

Proverbs and old sayings French about virtue, face, man

The sweetest grapes are picked from the vineyard of friendship.

Proverbs and old sayings French about friendship

He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months' end.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, end

The villain that becomes rich knows neither friends nor family.

Proverbs and old sayings French about criminals, family, wealth

After the daughter is married, then come sons-in-law in plenty.

Proverbs and old sayings French about law

The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wine, woman, water, man

Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged.

Proverbs and old sayings French about family

There never was a looking-glass that told a woman she was ugly.

Proverbs and old sayings French about woman

God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children, people, god

When the blind man carries the banner, woe to those who follow.

Proverbs and old sayings French about blind, man

It is better to leave the child's nose dirty than wring it off.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children

Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll not steal when he's old.

Proverbs and old sayings French about thieves, old, olderness

The best company must part, as King Dagobert said to his hounds.

Proverbs and old sayings French about companies

A beggar on his feet is worth more than an emperor in his grave.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.

Proverbs and old sayings French about perfume, garden, virtue, beauty

All the treasures of the earth can't bring back one lost moment.

Proverbs and old sayings French about treasure, moment, earth

Too keen an edge does not cut, too fine a point does not pierce.

Proverbs and old sayings French