French Proverbs Quotes
French Proverbs
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A father is a banker provided by nature.
[Father]
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A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind.
[Husbands]
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A good meal ought to begin with hunger.
[Food]
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A white wall is the fool's paper.
[Greatness]
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A wise man reflects before he speaks. - A fool speaks, and then reflects on what he has uttered.
[Reflection]
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Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.
[Beauty]
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Between two stools one sits on the ground.
[Decisions]
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Everyone to his taste.
[Taste]
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Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks.
[Change]
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Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
[Youth]
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He who can lick can bite.
[Advice]
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He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.
[Forgiveness]
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If we find not repose in ourselves, it is in vain to seek it elsewhere.
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It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
[Love]
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Nothing is so burdensome as a secret.
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