French proverbs

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Qui se sent morveux se mouche. Show translation If you feel snot, blow your nose. He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
Il n'est pire eau que l'eau qui dort. Show translation There's no water like sleeping water. Still waters run deep.
L'argent n'a pas d'odeur. Show translation Money has no smell. Money has no smell.
L'argent est un bon serviteur, mais un mauvais maître. Show translation Money is a good servant, but a bad master. Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
L'argent est le maître du monde. Show translation Money rules the world. Money will do anything.
Cela vaut mieux que rien. Show translation It's better than nothing. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Qui se ressemblent s' assemblent. Show translation Like attracts like. Like to like.
Faute avouée est à moitié pardonnée. Show translation A fault confessed is half forgiven. A fault confessed is half redressed.
Le sort en est jeté. The die was cast. The die is cast.
On lie les boeufs par les cornes et les hommes par les paroles. Show translation We bind oxen by their horns and men by their words. Hear and see and say nothing.
C'est l'intention qui fait l'action. Show translation Intention makes action. Where there's a Will, there's a way.
Chat échaudé craint l'eau froide. Show translation Once bitten, twice shy. Birds once snared fear all bushes.
Il n'y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent jamais. Show translation Only mountains never meet. Friends may meet, but mountains never greet.
Il faut que jeunesse se passe. Show translation Youth is the key. Boys will be boys.
L'appétit vient en mangeant. Show translation Appetite comes with eating. Appetite comes with eating.
Aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait. Show translation No sooner said than done. No sooner said than done.
Chacun à son goût. Show translation Each to his own taste. There is no accounting for tastes.
Il n'y a pas de règle sans exception. Show translation There are no rules without exceptions. There is no general rule without some exception.
Le bien mal acquis ne profite jamais. Show translation Ill-gotten gains never pay off. Come with the Wind, go with the water.
Après moi le déluge. Show translation Après moi le déluge. After us the deluge.

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