Quotations by Tradizione francese

Mieux vaut glisser du pied que de la langue.

Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Le lièvre revient toujours à son gite.

The hare always returns to her form.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Il ne faut pas se moquer des chiens qu’on ne soit hors du village.

Don’t snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Qui ne sort que de jour, n’a que faire de lanterne.

He who goes abroad by day has no need of a lantern.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Compagnon bien parlant vaut en chemin chariot branlant.

A pleasant companion on a journey is as good as a postchaise.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Les bons comptes font les bons amis.

Short reckonings make long friends.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Il faut se dire beaucoup d’amis et s’en croire peu.

Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Tel a beaux yeux qui n’y voit goutte.

Some have fine eyes and can’t see a jot.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Tel cuide avoir fait qui commence.

Some think they have done when they are only beginning.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Il n’y a que le premier pas qui coûte.

The first step is all the difficulty.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Avec du temps et de la paille les nèfles mûrissent.

With time and straw medlars ripen.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Le sac ne fut oncques si plein que n’y entrât bien un grain.

A sack was never so full but that it would hold another grain.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

La vie est moitié usée avant qu’on ne sache ce qu’est la vie.

Life is half spent before one knows what life is.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Un coup de langue est pire qu’un coup de lance.

The tongue wounds more than a lance.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Ce ne sont pas les plus belles qui font les grandes passions.

It is not the greatest beauties that inspire the most profound passion.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

A la presse vont les fous.

Fools go in throngs.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Amour, toux, fumée, et argent, ne se peuvent cacher longuement.

Love, a cough, smoke, and money, cannot long be hid.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Chacun pour soi et Dieu pour tous.

Every one for himself and God for all.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

On n’est jamais si riche que quand on déménage.

One is never so rich as when one removes (from one house to another).

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Qui a froid souffle le feu.

Let him who is cold blow the fire.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Nécessité n’a pas de loi.

Necessity has no law.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Bien nourri et mal appris.

Well fed but ill taught.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Chacun prend son plaisir où il le trouve.

Every one takes his pleasure where he finds it.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

A la guerre comme à la guerre.

At the wars as they do at the wars.

Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857