Oiseau débonnaire de lui-même se fait.The gentle hawk mans herself.
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Il n’y a rien de fait tant qu’il reste à faire.Nothing is done while something remains undone.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui se détourne, évite le danger.He who turns aside avoids danger.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCe qui suffit ne fut jamais peu.What is enough was never little.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssez gagne qui malheur perd.He gains enough who loses sorrow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’homme n’a ni sens ni raison, qui jeune femme laisse au tison.The man has neither sense nor reason who leaves a young wife at home.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn peu d’aide fait grand bien.A little help does a great deal.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuand on est mort, c’est pour longtemps.When one is dead, it is for a long while.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl vaut mieux avoir affaire à Dieu qu’à ses saints.It is better to have to do with God than with his saints.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOn a toujours assez de force pour supporter le malheur de ses amis.One has always strength enough to bear the misfortunes of one’s friends.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDouce parole n’écorche pas langue.Soft words don’t scotch the tongue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn homme averti en vaut deux.A man warned is as good as two.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a point d’amour sans jalousie.There is no love without jealousy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui va et retourne, fait bon voyage.Who goes and returns makes a good journey.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGâteau et mauvaise coutume se doivent rompre.A cake and a bad custom ought to be broken.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHeureux sont les enfants dont les pères sont damnés.Happy the child whose father goes to the devil.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl faut battre le fer tandis qu’il est chaud.Strike while the iron is hot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesHomme plaideur, menteur.A litigious man, a liar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRien n’arrive pour rien.Nothing happens for nothing.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOù la chèvre est attachée il faut qu’elle broute.Where the goat is tied she must browse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAinsi dit le renard des mûres, quand il n’en peut avoir: elles ne sont point bonnes.The fox says of the mulberries when he cannot get at them: they are not good at all.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRien ne pèse tant qu’un secret.Nothing is so burthensome as a secret.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAu premier coup ne chet pas l’arbre.The tree does not fall at the first stroke.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut pas faire d’un diable deux.Do not make two devils of one.
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