2214 French Proverbs / Page 7
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A good swordsman is not given to quarrel.122.
A good tale is none the worse for being twice told.123.
A good thing can be twice, nay, even thrice spoken.124.
A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.125.
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.126.
A great talker is a great liar.127.
A guest and a fish after three days are poison.128.
A handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.129.
A handsome hostess is bad for the purse.130.
A handsome shoe often pinches the feet.131.
A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.132.
A hawk's marriage: the hen is the better bird.133.
A healthy man is a successful man.134.
A healthy soul cannot live in a dry body.135.
A healthy woman is a successful woman.136.
A hedge between keeps friendship green.137.
A honeyed tongue with a heart of gall.138.
A hook's well lost to catch a salmon.139.
A house ready made and a wife to make.140.
A hundred years a banner, a hundred years a barrow.