2214 French Proverbs / Page 35
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Great scholars are not the shrewdest men.682.
Great talker, great liar.683.
Great talkers are not great doers.684.
Great talkers, little doers.685.
Great thieves always have their sleeves full of gags.686.
Great thieves hang little thieves.687.
Great wits meet.688.
Greater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad.689.
Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.690.
Half an egg is better than an empty eggcup.691.
Half figs, half raisins.692.
Half the truth is often a whole lie.693.
Handsome cats and fat dung heaps are the sign of a good farmer.694.
Handsomely asked, handsomely refused.695.
Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll not steal when he's old.696.
Happy is the man who has a handsome wife close to an abbey.697.
Happy the child whose father goes to the devil.698.
Hares are not caught by the sound of the drum.699.
Harm watch, harm catch.700.
Hasten leisurely.