French proverbs

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Tout ce qui est blanc n'est pas farine. Show translation Not everything that's white is flour. All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
A barbe de fou, on apprend à raser. Show translation With a crazy beard, you learn to shave. Fools rush in where angles fear to tread.
La susceptibilité est interdite aux malheureux. Show translation Susceptibility is forbidden to the unfortunate. Poverty is not a shame; but the being ashamed of it is.
Les fous bâtissent pour les sages. Show translation Fools build for the wise. Fools make feasts, and Wise men eat them.
La punition boite, mais elle arrive. Show translation The punishment is limping, but it's coming. God stays long, but strikes at last.
Ce que Jeannot n'apprend pas, Gros-Jean ne le saura pas. Show translation What Jeannot doesn't learn, Gros-Jean won't. Better children weep than old men.
Un vieillard est deux fois enfant. Show translation An old man is twice a child. Old men are twice children.
Cent livres de mélancolie ne payent un sou de dettes. Show translation A hundred pounds of melancholy won't pay a penny of debt. A pound of care will not pay an ounce of debt.
Un fol émeut ce que quarante sages ne pourraient apaiser. Show translation A madman moves what forty wise men could not appease. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred Wise men cannot pull out.
Mal se guête du larron qui l'enclôt dans sa maison. Show translation Mal se guête du larron qui l'enclôt dans sa maison.
Qui compte sans l'hôte compte deux fois. Show translation Who counts without the host counts twice. It takes two to make a bargain.
Une fleur ne fait pas une guirlande. Show translation A flower doesn't make a garland. One flower makes no garland.
Avec l'honnêteté on va le plus loin. Show translation Honesty takes you the furthest. Honesty is the best policy.
On amuse les enfants avec des images. Show translation We entertain children with images. Iron hand in a velvet glove.
Le temps perdu ne revient point. Show translation Lost time never comes back. Now is now and then was then.
Qui se hâte trop se fourvoie. Show translation If you hurry too much, you make a mistake. Nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea.
Belle chère et coeur arrière. Show translation Beautiful dear and heart back. The face is no index to the heart.
Chaque troupeau a sa brebis galeuse. Show translation Every flock has its black sheep. There are black sheep in every flock.
Enfin les renards se trouvent chez le pelletier. Show translation Finally, the foxes can be found at the pelletier's. At length the fox is brought to the furrier.
Un seul homme ne peut suffire à tout. Show translation One man can't do it all. One is no number.

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