French proverb Quotes and Quotations
He who can lick can bite.
The price spoils the pleasure.
Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks.(Tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse.)
The worst is not always certain but it's very likely.
A good meal ought to begin with hunger.
There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette.
A white wall is the fool's paper.
Only great men may have great faults.
There's a pinch of the madman in every great man.
With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris into a bottle.
Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
There is one who kisses, and the other who offers a cheek.
Gratitude is the heart's memory.
To want to forget something is to think of it.
A father is a banker provided by nature.
Nothing is so burdensome as a secret.
No rose without a thorn.
When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach.
The tulip is, among flowers, what the peacock is among birds. A tulip lacks scent, a peacock has an unpleasant voice. The one takes pride in its garb, the other in its tail.
He who curbs his desires will always be rich enough.
What you can't get is just what suits you.
Tell me whom you frequent, and I will tell you who you are.
It is by believing in roses that one brings them to bloom.
No one is expected to achieve the impossible.
Everything passes; everything wears out; everything breaks.
Between two stools one sits on the ground.
When a man begins to reason, he ceases to feel.
Love teaches even asses to dance.
Love teaches even asses to dance.
No one is expected to achieve the impossible.
One can go a long way after one is tired.
We must learn from life how to suffer it.
Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.
To turn an obstacle to one's advantage is a great step towards victory.
Love teaches even asses to dance.
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
A father is a banker provided by nature.
Gratitude is the heart's memory.
A good husband should be deaf and a good wife blind.
Skeptics are never deceived.
Everyone to his taste.
The game is not worth the candle.
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.
Only great men may have great faults.
The game is not worth the candle.