He who spits in the air pollutes himself.
—French Proverb
Divorce is the sacrament of adultery.
—French Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Divorce
It’s all very well in practice, but it will never work in theory.
—French Proverb
Topics: Work
Penny wise is often pound foolish.
—French Proverb
Topics: Misery, Money
He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
—French Proverb
Topics: Fear
Skeptics are never deceived.
—French Proverb
Topics: Skepticism, Doubt
For some of us happiness comes while we sleep.
—French Proverb
Topics: Sleeping, Happiness
One can go a long way after one is tired.
—French Proverb
Topics: Effort, Endurance, Resolve, Perseverance
You cannot satisfy the whole world and your father.
—French Proverb
Topics: Satisfaction
Desperate maladies require desperate remedies.
—French Proverb
Topics: Medicine
There are two great pleasures in gambling: that of winning and that of losing.
—French Proverb
Topics: Gambling
Without grace, beauty is an unbaited hook.
—French Proverb
Topics: Grace, Beauty
The reputation of a man is like his shadow; it sometimes follows and sometimes precedes him, it is sometimes longer and sometimes shorter than his natural size.
—French Proverb
Topics: Reputation, Men, Proverbs
One is rated by others as he rates himself.
—French Proverb
Topics: Self-Esteem, Self Respect
Flying birds have no master.
—French Proverb
Topics: Flying
A good figure is better than a reference letter.
—French Proverb
Topics: Letters
The patient one always wins.
—French Proverb
Topics: Patience
Tell me whom you frequent, and I will tell you who you are.
—French Proverb
Topics: Friendship
Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.
—French Proverb
Topics: Failures, Mistakes
A surgeon should be young, a physician old.
—French Proverb
Topics: Doctors
No gulls, no luck.
—French Proverb
Topics: Proverbs
Nothing equals the joy of the drinker, except the joy of the wine in being drunk.
—French Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness, Joy, Wine
A good lawyer is a bad neighbor.
—French Proverb
Topics: Knowledge, Law, Lawyers, Proverbs
Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
—French Proverb
Topics: Youth, Proverbs
Marriage teaches you to live alone.
—French Proverb
Topics: Marriage
The French work to live, but the Swiss live to work.
—French Proverb
Topics: Nationalism, Nationalities, Nation, Nationality
A landmark is very well placed between the fields of two brothers.
—French Proverb
Topics: Brothers
Great talker, great liar.
—French Proverb
Topics: Lying, Lies, Deception/Lying
The law says what the king pleases.
—French Proverb
Topics: Kings
Beautiful grapes often make poor wine.
—French Proverb
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