De demain à demain le temps s’en va bien loin.From to-morrow till to-morrow time goes a long journey.
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Le premier pas engage au second.The first step binds one to the second.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuand tous péchés sont vieux l’avarice est encore jeune.When all other sins are old avarice is still young.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa peau est plus proche que la chemise.The skin is nearer than the shirt.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl ne faut pas laisser de semer pour crainte des pigeons.Do not abstain from sowing for fear of the pigeons.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl faut être enclume ou marteau.One must be either anvil or hammer.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOn fait dire aux cloches tout ce qu’on veut.People make the bells say what they please.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBons nageurs sont à la fin noyés.Good swimmers are drowned at last.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn peu d’absence fait grand bien.A little absence does much good.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes beaux esprits se rencontrent.Great wits meet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTout fait ventre, pourvu qu’il entre.A bellyful is a bellyful.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes plus courtes folies sont les meilleures.The shortest follies are the best.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn bon renard ne mange pas les poules de son voisin.A good fox does not eat his neighbour’s fowls.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAprès la pluie le beau temps.After rain fine weather.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn fou fait toujours commencement.A fool is always beginning.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA tout oiseau son nid est beau.To every bird its nest seems fair.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl est juste que le prêtre vive de l’autel.It is just that the priest should live by the altar.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMorte la bête, mort le venin.The beast dead, the venom is dead.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDu larron privé on ne peut se garder.There’s no guarding against the privy thief.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTrop tard crie l’oiseau quand il est pris.It is too late for the bird to scream when it is caught.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui veut plaire à tout le monde, doit se lever de bonne heure.He had need rise early who would please everybody.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui quitte sa place, la perd.He who quits his place loses it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes extrêmes se touchent.Extremes meet.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui craint de souffrir, souffre de crainte.He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.
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