French Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
1,468 French Proverbs
Foul linen should be washed at home.
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Fouls invent fashions and wise men follow them.
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Foxes come at last to the furrier's.
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Frae saving comes having.
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From bishop to turn miller.
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From confessors, doctors, and lawyers, do not conceal the truth
of your case.
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From short pleasure long repentance.
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From to-morrow till to-morrow time goes a long journey.
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Gentleness does more than violence.
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Get out of that place and let me take it.
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Give him a foot and he'll take four.
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Give me the rhubarb and you may take the senna.
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Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have
but few.
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Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.
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Gluttony has killed more than the sword.
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God alone understands fools.
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God and man think him a fool who brags of his of his own great
wisdom.
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God gives the cold according to the cloth.
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God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.
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God is on the side of the strongest battalions.
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God knows who is a good pilgrim.
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God made hands before knives.
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God puts a good root in the little pig's way.
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God save me from those I trust in.
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God save you from a man who has but one business.
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