Belle promesse fol lie.A fair promise binds a fool.
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Vilain enrichi ne connaît parent ni ami.A clown enriched knows neither relation nor friend.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTout bec crochu de proye est soustenu.Every hooked beak is maintained by prey.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMéchant chien, court lien.A wicked dog must be tied short.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDemander de la laine à un âne.To ask wool of an ass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui partout va, partout prend.He who goes everywhere gains everywhere.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe mulet garde longuement un coup de pied à son maître.The mule long keeps a kick in reserve for its master.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe peu de drap courte cape.Of little cloth but a short cloak.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChose trop vue n’est chère tenue.A thing too much seen is little prized.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCe que femme veut Dieu le veut.What a woman wills God wills.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesC’est partout comme chez nous.’Tis everywhere the same as here.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPossession vaut titre.Possession is as good as a title.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCraignez la colère de la colombe.Dread the anger of the dove.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui vivra, verra.Who lives will see.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesC’est quand l’enfant est baptisé qu’il arrive des parrains.When the child is christened you will have godfathers enough.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChacun porte sa croix.Every one bears his cross.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesContre coignée serrure ne peut.No lock avails against a hatchet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesArgent emprunté porte tristesse.Money borrowed is soon sorrowed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAne piqué convient qu’il trotte.A goaded ass must trot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEntre promettre et donner doit-on marier sa fille.Between promising and giving a man should marry his daughter.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl est avis à vieille vache qu’elle ne fût oncques veau.It is the old cow’s notion that she never was a calf.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes grands diseurs ne sont pas les grands faiseurs.Great talkers are not great doers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPetite pluie abat grand vent.A little rain stills a great wind.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHonneur fleurit sur la fosse.Honour blossoms on the grave.
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