2214 French Proverbs / Page 81
1601.
The bud becomes a rose and the rose a hip.1602.
The burden tames the beast.1603.
The busiest men have the most leisure.1604.
The candle that goes before, is better than that which comes after.1605.
The cart ruins the road, the woman the man, the water the wine.1606.
The cask always smells of the herring.1607.
The cassock does not make the monk.1608.
The cat is nature's beauty.1609.
The chicken sings what the cock teaches him.1610.
The chicken that crows the loudest does not always give the biggest eggs.1611.
The churl knows not the worth of spurs.1612.
The city that negotiates is half conquered.1613.
The clever wife makes her husband an apron.1614.
The coalheaver is master at home.1615.
The cobbler always wears the worst shoes.1616.
The common property donkey is the worst saddled.1617.
The communal donkey gets the heaviest burden.1618.
The corn falls out of a shaken sheaf.1619.
The days follow each other and are not alike.1620.
The dead are soon forgotten.