Une science requiert tout son homme.An art requires a whole man.
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Aller en vendanges sans panier.To go to the vintage without baskets.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre.None so deaf as he that won’t hear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChacun dit: J’ai bon droit.Every one says: My right is good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesPetite étincelle luit en ténèbres.A little spark shines in the dark.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSurement va qui n’a rien.He goes safely who has nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui rien ne porte, rien ne lui chet.He who carries nothing loses nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl vaut mieux trébucher une fois que toujours chanceler.Better to stumble once than be always tottering.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe bedeau de la paroisse est toujours de l’avis de monsieur le curé.The beadle of the parish is always of the vicar’s opinion.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA merle soûl cerises sont amères.Cherries are bitter to the glutted blackbird.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMieux vaut couard que trop hardi.Better be a coward than foolhardy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSelon le saint l’encens.Like saint like incense.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJamais honteux n’eut belle amie.Faint heart never won fair lady.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesC’est le chien de Jean de Nivelle, il s’enfuit quand on l’appelle.He is like Jean de Nivelle’s dog, that runs away when he is called.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGoutte à goutte emplit la cuve.Drop by drop fills the tub.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA beau jeu beau retour.One good turn deserves another.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA méchant chien court lien.A vicious dog must be tied short.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl faut passer par la porte ou par la fenêtre.One must pass through the door or the window.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a pas de miroir au monde qui ait jamais dit à une femme qu’elle était laide.There never was a looking-glass that told a woman she was ugly.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes enfants sont ce qu’on les fait.Children are what they are made.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa seule victoire contre l’amour c’est la fuite.The only victory over love is flight.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe beau soulier blesse souvent le pied.A handsome shoe often pinches the foot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn vieux four est plus aisé à chauffer qu’un neuf.An old oven is easier to heat than a new one.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui sème, recueille.Who sows reaps.
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