La rouille use plus que le travail.Rust wastes more than use.
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Quand on a des filles on est toujours berger.He who has daughters is always a shepherd.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOù il n’y a rien le roi perd ses droits.Where there is nothing the king loses his rights.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDeux hommes se rencontrent bien, mais jamais deux montagnes.Two men may meet, but never two mountains.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesEn vaisseau mal lavé ne peut-on vin garder.Wine will not keep in a foul vessel.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui refuse, muse.Who refuses, muses.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCherté foisonne.Dearness gluts.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’homme propose et Dieu dispose.Man proposes and God disposes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesFemme rit quand elle peut, et pleure quand elle veut.A woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui aime bien tard oublie.Who loves well is slow to forget.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesGâter une chandelle pour trouver une épingle.To burn out a candle in search of a pin.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesL’épine en naissant va la pointe devant.A thorn comes into the world point foremost.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesCourtoisie qui ne vient que d’un côté ne peut longuement durer.Courtesy that is all on one side cannot last long.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTrop de zèle gâte tout.Too much zeal spoils all.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui monte la mule, la ferre.He who rides the mule shoes her.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesTout va à qui n’a pas besoin.Everything goes to him who does not want it.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAssez écorche qui le pied tient.He flays enough who holds the foot.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesRien ne ressemble plus à un honnête homme qu’un fripon.Nothing is more like an honest man than a rogue.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLe repentir coûte bien cher.Repentance costs very dear.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesJamais grand nez n’a gâté joli visage.A big nose never spoiled a handsome face.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesUn petit homme projette parfois une grande ombre.A little man sometimes casts a long shadow.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAu long aller petit fardeau pèse.Light burdens borne far become heavy.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl y a des calomnies contre lesquelles l’innocence même perd courage.There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSoupçon est d’amitié poison.Suspicion is the poison of friendship.
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