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I know by my own pot how the others boil.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When the cage is ready the bird is flown.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Princes will not be served on conditions.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Money is a good servant but a had master.

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

One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.

Proverbs and old sayings French about trap

The tongue goes to where the tooth aches.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Who lives on the score has shame evermore.

Proverbs and old sayings French about shame

Who looks not before finds himself behind.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The ball always looks for the best player.

Proverbs and old sayings French

What you can't get is just what suits you.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

Small profits are good if they come often.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck

It's a big wind that blows on small doors.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The town that parleys is half surrendered.

Proverbs and old sayings French about city

Lawyers' houses are built of fools' heads.

Proverbs and old sayings French about heads

There is no pot so bad but finds it cover.

Proverbs and old sayings French about bad luck, bad

Travelers from afar can lie with impunity.

Proverbs and old sayings French about lie

Self -- love is the worst of all flattery.

Proverbs and old sayings French about flattering, self-control, love

He looks for his ass and sits on its back.

Proverbs and old sayings French

A girl unemployed is thinking of mischief.

Proverbs and old sayings French about thinking

At the king's court every one for himself.

Proverbs and old sayings French