They forgive the wine but they hang the bottle.
—French Proverb
Topics: Forgiveness
Nothing equals the joy of the drinker, except the joy of the wine in being drunk.
—French Proverb
Topics: Wine, Drunkenness, Joy
An honest man is hurt by praise unjustly bestowed.
—French Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Praise
Love makes time pass; time makes love pass.
—French Proverb
Topics: Love, Proverbs
Since the wine is drawn it must be drunk.
—French Proverb
Topics: Drunkenness
Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
—French Proverb
Topics: Youth, Proverbs
The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first.
—French Proverb
Topics: Regret
A party of two is that of God; of three of the king; of four is of the devil.
—French Proverb
Topics: Party
The friendship of a great man is like the shadow of a bush—soon gone.
—French Proverb
Topics: Friendship
A good figure is better than a reference letter.
—French Proverb
Topics: Letters
Penny wise is often pound foolish.
—French Proverb
Topics: Misery, Money
He sins as much who holds the bag as he who puts into it.
—French Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Sin
He who marries on a rainy day will be happy for the rest of his life.
—French Proverb
Topics: Rain
When a man begins to reason, he ceases to feel.
—French Proverb
Topics: Instincts, Reason
He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention.
—French Proverb
Topics: Speakers, Speaking
You cannot be very smart if you have never done anything foolish.
—French Proverb
Beautiful grapes often make poor wine.
—French Proverb
We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.
—French Proverb
Topics: Value
Small profits are good if they come often.
—French Proverb
Topics: Profit
There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy.
—French Proverb
Topics: Enemy, Proverbs
The tools to him who has the ability to handle them.
—French Proverb
Topics: Ability
If you give a gift to a rich man, the devil sniggers.
—French Proverb
Topics: Gifts
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
—French Proverb
Topics: Decisions
The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings.
—French Proverb
Topics: Punctuality, Proverbs
People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures.
—French Proverb
Topics: Misfortunes, Fortune
It is impossible to overdo luxury.
—French Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Luxury
Everyone blames his memory, but never his judgement.
—French Proverb
Topics: Memory
When glory comes, memory departs.
—French Proverb
Topics: Memory
The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry.
—French Proverb
Topics: Proverbs, Cats
He who is judge between two friends loses one of them.
—French Proverb
Topics: Judgement, Proverbs
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