You cannot have the bacon and the pig at the same time.
Proverbs and old sayings French about time, contentment
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The fault is great in proportion to him who commits it.
Proverbs and old sayings French
People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.
Proverbs and old sayings French about people
In a good family the husband is deaf and the wife blind.
Proverbs and old sayings French about family, husband, blind, wife, good, good luck
A woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.
Proverbs and old sayings French about woman
Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.
Proverbs and old sayings French about reason, love, contentment
Small gifts maintain friendship, big ones maintain love.
Proverbs and old sayings French about gifts, friendship, love
If the sky were to fall we should catch plenty of larks.
Proverbs and old sayings French about trap, sky, fall
The Italians cry, the Germans bawl, and the French sing.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Love never dies of starvation, but often of indigestion.
Proverbs and old sayings French about love
If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
Proverbs and old sayings French about olderness, youth, knowledge, age, old
What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bees.
Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck
It is more difficult for beautiful women to stay chaste.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Snivelling folks always want to wipe other folks' noses.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Fine dressing is a foul house, swept before the windows.
Proverbs and old sayings French about home, house
It is too late for the bird to scream when it is caught.
Proverbs and old sayings French
You need to break the shell in order to have the almond.
Proverbs and old sayings French about order, need, contentment
A courtier should be without feeling and without honour.
Proverbs and old sayings French about honour
One cannot be at the oven and the mill at the same time.
Proverbs and old sayings French about time
Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.
Proverbs and old sayings French about children, death, wealth, man
