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| French Proverb - W
Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.Wake not a sleeping cat.War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.What is learned in the cradle lasts till the grave.What is worth receiving is worth returning.When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one's door.When one has not what one likes, one must like what one has.When one is dead, it is for a long while.Where misfortune befals injuries follow.Whilst the dogs are growling at each other the wolf devours the sheep.Who has not, cannot.Who hears but one bell hears but one sound.Who is born of a cat will run after mice. (An illusion to one of Aesop's fables.)Wishes never filled the bag.With an old husband's hide one buys a young one.With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.Write injuries in dust,
But kindnesses in marble.
[Fr., Eerivez les injures sue le sable,
Mais les bienfaits sur le marbre.]Write injuries in dust,
But kindnesses in marble.
[Fr., Eerivez les injures sue le sable,
Mais les bienfaits sur le marbre.]Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.Write injuries in the sand, kindnesses in marble. |
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