2214 French Proverbs / Page 64
1261.
No one became poor by giving alms.1262.
No one ever saw a goat dead of hunger.1263.
No one is as generous as he who has nothing to give.1264.
No one is bound to do impossibilities.1265.
No one is expected to achieve the impossible.1266.
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect.1267.
No one is so generous as he who has nothing to give.1268.
No one is so liberal as he who has nothing to give.1269.
No one will get a bargain he does not ask for.1270.
No one with a good catch of fish goes home by the back alley.1271.
No person is too old to learn.1272.
No purchase like a gift.1273.
No rose without a thorn.1274.
No sauce like appetite.1275.
No wind can do him good who steers for no port.1276.
No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere.1277.
Nobility imposes obligations.1278.
Nobility is nothing but ancient riches, and money is the world's idol.1279.
None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.1280.
None so busy as those who do nothing.