Wait until it is night before saying that is has been a fine day.
French Proverb Quotations
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Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies.
He is rich who owes nothing.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
What was hard to endure is sweet to recall.
If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
To understand all is to forgive all.
He that seeks trouble never misses.
He who survives will see the outcome.
Better the foot slip than the tongue.
Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.
Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks. (tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse)
Pray, pray very much but beware of telling God what you want.
If the young only knew; if the old only could.
Life is an onion and one peels it crying.
From word to deed is a great space.
Ready money works great cures.
He that does not ask will never get a bargain.
Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.
Adversity is the touchstone of friendship.
Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.
A crow is no whiter for being washed.
A father is a banker provided by nature.
When we cannot get what we love, we must love what is within our reach.
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.
When one has one's hand full of truth it is not always wise to open it.
There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.
Honey is sweet but bees sting.
There is no flying without wings.
Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.
A white wall is the fool's paper.
With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.
Anger is a bad counselor.