Proverbs and old sayings French, page 97

2066 proverbs and old sayings french

He who marries on a rainy day will be happy for the rest of his life.

Proverbs and old sayings French about rest, happiness, life, day

One for sorrow; two for mirth; three for a wedding; four for a birth.

Proverbs and old sayings French about marriage, sadness

The niggard spends as much as he who is liberal, and in the end more.

Proverbs and old sayings French about end

The man has neither sense nor reason who leaves a young wife at home.

Proverbs and old sayings French about common sense, sense, reason, home, wife, man

A dog with a docked tail is not afraid that its backside can be seen.

Proverbs and old sayings French

One is never so rich as when one removes (from one house to another).

Proverbs and old sayings French about wealth, home, house

The devil was so fond of his children that he plucked out their eyes.

Proverbs and old sayings French about children, eyes, devil

A beautiful maxim in the memory is like a piece of gold in the purse.

Proverbs and old sayings French about memory

No man understands knavery better than the abbot who has been a monk.

Proverbs and old sayings French about man

Vessels large may venture more, But little boats must keep near shore.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Nobility is nothing but ancient riches, and money is the world's idol.

Proverbs and old sayings French about old, wealth, world, money, nothing

Better to have a friend on the road than gold or silver in your purse.

Proverbs and old sayings French

He who trusts a woman and leads an ass will never be free from plague.

Proverbs and old sayings French about woman

Whilst the dogs are growling at each other the wolf devours the sheep.

Proverbs and old sayings French

God and man think him a fool who brags of his of his own great wisdom.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wisdom, god, man

Gratitude is the least of virtues, but ingratitude the worst of vices.

Proverbs and old sayings French about gratitude, ingratitude

He who eats of the king's goose will void a feather forty years after.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Friends are lost by calling too often and by not calling often enough.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth.

Proverbs and old sayings French about respect, wealth