1238 sayings with source references.
Qui veut vivre à Rome, ne doit pas se quereller avec le pape.He who wishes to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl est né coiffé.He was born with a caul.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut pas mettre le doigt entre l’arbre et l’écorce.Never put your finger between the tree and the bark.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesAssez a qui se contente.He has enough who is content.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAprès le fait ne vaut souhait.After the act wishing is in vain.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe feu le plus couvert est le plus ardent.The most covered fire is always the most glowing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSouvent les railleurs sont raillés.The biter is often bit.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssez demande qui bien sert.Who serves well asks enough.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQui peut lécher, peut mordre.He who can lick can bite.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesMoineau en main vaut mieux que pigeon qui vole.A sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the wing.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOn dit est un sot.”They say” is a fool.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesPlus le singe s’élève plus il montre son cul pelé.The higher the ape climbs the more he shows his rump.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQui ne regarde pas en avant, se trouve en arrière.He who looks not before finds himself behind.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQui s’y frotte, s’y pique.No jesting with edged tools.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBien dire fait rire; bien faire fait taire.Saying well causes a laugh; doing well produces silence.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSi c’était un loup, il vous sauterait au cou.Were it a wolf it would spring at your throat.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFais ce que dois, advienne que pourra.Do what you ought, come what may.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesA cheval donné, il ne faut point regarder à la bouche.Look not a gift horse in the mouth.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesS’il ne tient qu’à jurer, la vache est à nous.If it only depends on swearing, the cow is ours.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesBien embarrassé celui qui tient la queue de la poële.He has enough to do who holds the handle of the frying-pan.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQui saurait les aventures, ne serait jamais pauvre.Could a man foresee events he would never be poor.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesOr est qui or vaut.That is gold which is worth gold.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesQui n’a, ne peut.Who has not, cannot.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sourcesFaisant son office la balance, d’or ni de plomb n’a connaissance.The balance in doing its office knows neither gold nor lead.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Read the saying and check its sources