For one that is missing there's no spoiling a wedding. 
Faute d'un moine, l' abbaye ne chôme pas.
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Promises are like pie-crusts, made to be broken.
Promettre et tenir sont deux.
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There are black sheep in every flock.
Chaque troupeau a sa brebis galeuse.
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An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.
Point d'argent, point de Suisse.
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Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself.
L'excès en tout est un défaut.
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Borrowed garments never fit well.
D'habits d'autrui mal on s'honore.
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A man cannot give What he hasn't got.
La plus belle fille du monde ne peut donner que ce qu'elle a.
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Jeerers must be content to taste of their own broth.
Ce sont deux ânes qui se grattent.
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When the pig has had a belly full, it upsets the trough.
Quand les cochons sont soûls, ils renversent leur auge.
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A diamond is valuable, though it lie on a dunghill.
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A great ship asks deep waters.
A bon cheval, bon gué.
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They must hunger in frost that will not work in heat.
Celui qui ne travaille pas poulain à coup sûr travaillera „rossin".
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A cock is bold on his own dunghill.
Un coq est bien fort sur son fumier.
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He that has no money, needs no purse.
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Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heir.
Qui oblige fait des ingrats.
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The camel going to seek horns, lost his ears.
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An unfortunate man would be drowned in a tea-cup.
Il a une chance de cocu.
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Hawks will not pick out hawks' eyes.
Les corbeaux entre eux ne se crévent pas les yeux.
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He that promises too much, means nothing.
Il vend de la fumée.
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An old ox makes a straight furrow.
Vieux boeuf fait sillon droit.
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