French proverbs

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Un âne ne trébuche pas deux fois sur la même pierre. Show translation A donkey doesn't stumble over the same stone twice. It is a silly fish that is caught twice, with the same bait.
La barbe ne fait pas l'homme. Show translation Beards don't make men. If the beard were all, the goat might preach.
Qui a honte de manger a honte de vivre. Show translation If you're ashamed of eating, you're ashamed of living.
L'eau va à la rivière. Show translation The water goes to the river. Much shall have more.
Le temps passé ne revient pas. Show translation Past time doesn't come back. What is done cannot be undone.
La prudence est mère de la sûreté. Show translation Caution is the mother of safety. Caution is the parent of safety.
Faire de nécessité vertu. Show translation Making a virtue out of necessity. To make a virtue of necessity.
Il ne faut pas se moquer des chiens qu'on ne soit hors du village. Show translation Don't make fun of dogs until you're out of the village. Don't cross the bridge till you get to it.
Il faut hurler avec les loups. Show translation You have to howl with the wolves. Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl.
Chacun porte sa croix. Show translation Everyone carries their own cross. I know best where the shoe wrings me.
Le feu et l'eau sont bons serviteurs, mais mauvais maîtres. Show translation Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters. Fire and water are good servants, but bad masters.
Faire d'une mouche un éléphant. Show translation Turning a fly into an elephant. To make a mountain out of a molehill.
Est assez riche qui ne doit rien. Show translation Is rich enough who owes nothing. He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Il ne faut pas jeter la faux en la moisson d' autrui. Show translation Don't throw your scythe into someone else's harvest. Mind your own business.
On connaît l'arbre à son fruit. Show translation You can tell a tree by its fruit. The bird is known by his note, the man by his words.
Hier, aujourd'hui, demain sont les trois jours de l'homme. Show translation Yesterday, today and tomorrow are man's three days. Time and tide wait for no man.
Charbonnier est maître chez soi. Show translation Charbonnier is the master of his own home. Two cats and a mouse, two wives in one house, two dogs and a bone, never agree in one.
On ne peut pas fuir son destin. Show translation You can't run away from your destiny. What is, must be.
Jouer son va-tout. Show translation Playing it safe. Sink or swim.
Il n'y a rien de parfait sur la terre. Show translation There's nothing perfect on earth. Nobody is perfect.

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