Quotations by Tradizione francese

Oncques vieil singe ne fit belle moue.

An old ape never made a pretty grimace.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Un peu de fiel gâte beaucoup de miel.

A little gall spoils a great deal of honey.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

De grande montée, grande chute.

The higher the rise the greater the fall.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Fin contre fin.

Diamond cut diamond.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Qui a bonne tête ne manque pas de chapeaux.

A good head does not want for hats.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Le plus sage est celui qui ne pense point l’être.

He is the wisest man who does not think himself so.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Toujours ne frappe-t-on pas ce à quoy l’on vise.

One does not always hit what one aims at.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Qui voit une épingle et ne la prend, vient un temps qu’il s’en repent.

See a pin and let it lie, you’ll want a pin before you die.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Pour néant demande conseil qui ne le veut croire.

He asks advice in vain who will not follow it.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Il y a remède à tout fors à la mort.

There is a remedy for everything but death.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Qui n’amorce pas son haim, pèche en vain.

He who does not bait his hook fishes in vain.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

C’est la maîtresse-roue qui fait tourner le moulin.

It is the master-wheel that makes the mill go round.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

On ne saurait tirer de l’huile d’un mur.

You cannot get oil out of a wall.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

La queue est la pire à écorcher.

The tail is the hardest to scourge.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Il n’est pire eau que l’eau qui dort.

There is no worse water than that which sleeps.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Le moulin ne moult pas avec l’eau coulée en bas.

The mill does not grind with water that is past.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Qui se couche avec des chiens, se lève avec des puces.

He who lies down with dogs gets up with fleas.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Un bienfait reproché tint toujours lieu d’offense.

Upbraiding makes a benefit an injury.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Il ressemble à chat brûlé, il vaut mieux qu’il ne se prise.

He is like a singed cat, better than he looks.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

En forgeant on devient forgeron.

By working in the smithy one becomes a smith.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Qui ne s’aventure, n’a ni cheval ni mule; et qui trop s’aventure, perd cheval et mule.

Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too much loses horse and mule.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Le vin ne porte point de chausses.

Wine wears no breeches.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Les tonneaux vides sont ceux qui font le plus de bruit.

Empty casks make the most noise.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Au plus débile la chandelle à la main.

The weakest must hold the candle.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857