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French Proverb - O

Of little cloth but a short cloak.

Of two lookers on one is sure to become a player.

Old friends and new reckonings.

Old love and old brands kindle at all seasons.

One is never soiled but by filth.

One knows not for whom he gathers.

One learns by failing.

One man, no man.

One may as well be well beaten as badly beaten.

One may go a long way after one is tired.

One may steal nothing save a lawyer's purse.

One may tire of eating tarts.

One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.

One must be either anvil or hammer.

One must howl with the wolves.

One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.

One must needs like what one cannot hinder.

One must pass through the door or the window.

One must step back to make the better leap.

One must talk soothingly to the dog until one has passed him.

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