2214 French Proverbs / Page 84
1661.
The fox thrives best when he is most cursed.1662.
The Fox's wiles will never enter the lion's head.1663.
The French work to live, but the Swiss live to work.1664.
The friends of our friends are our friends.1665.
The friendship of a great man is like the shadow of a bush -- soon gone.1666.
The future belongs to the man who rises early.1667.
The game is not worth the candle.1668.
The gentle hawk mans herself.1669.
The Germans carry their wit in their fingers.1670.
The goslings would lead the geese out to grass.1671.
The gown does not make the monk.1672.
The gown is hers that wears it; and the world is his who enjoys it.1673.
The graveyards are full of young lawyers, lost inheritance and young doctors.1674.
The great thieves lead away the little thieves.1675.
The greatest burdens are not the gainfullest.1676.
The greatest cunning is to have none at all.1677.
The greatest evidence of demoralization is the respect paid to wealth.1678.
The greatest hate springs from the greatest love.1679.
The greatest king must at last go to bed with a shovel.1680.
The handsomest woman can only give what she has.