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These French Proverbs
These French Proverbs
Times change.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers' hands.
No pain no gain.
"You should never say, 'Fountain, I will never drink your water!'"
"One should never throw the handle after the felling axe."
Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard.
"You can't have the butter and the money from [selling] the butter."
Enough is enough.
"So often the pitcher goes to the water that in the end it breaks."
"One that you hold is better than two that you will have."
Vouloir, c'est pouvoir.
Beginner's luck.
"It's at the foot of the wall that you see the mason."
to err is human
"One can't be at the oven and the mill at the same time."
"He who hears only one bell hears only one sound."
He who leaves his place loses it. / Step out of line and you'll lose your place.
What will be will be. / Time will tell. / God only knows.
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"It's not the cow that moos the loudest who gives the most milk."
"Give the dog the bone so that he doesn't go after your meat."
"One should never run after two hares at the same time."
"When you talk about the wolf (you see its tail)."
Qui a bu boira.