French Proverbs, Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
1,468 French Proverbs
He that would keep his house clean must not let priest or pigeon
into it.
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He was born on a Sunday, he likes work ready done.
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He was born with a caul.
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He was slain that had warning, not he that took it.
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He wears the mourning of his washerwoman.
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He who begins and does not finish loses his labour.
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He who bestirs himself sucks up, he who lies still dries up.
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He who can give has many a good neighbour.
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He who can lick can bite.
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He who cannot speak well of his trade does not understand it.
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He who caresses thee more than the occasion justifies, has either
deceived thee or intends it.
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He who carries nothing loses nothing.
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He who carries one burden will soon carry a hundred.
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He who chooses takes the worst.
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He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as
he is sure to be listened to with the utmost attention.
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He who dispraises a thing, wants to buy it.
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He who does not bait his hook fishes in vain.
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He who does not gain loses.
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He who does not tire, tires adversity.
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He who does nothing does ill.
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He who eats of the king's goose will void a feather forty years
after.
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
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He who gets out of debt enriches himself.
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He who goes abroad by day has no need of a lantern.
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He who goes everywhere gains everywhere.
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