2214 French Proverbs / Page 9
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A little leaven leavens a great mass.162.
A little man fells a great oak.163.
A little man sometimes casts a long shadow.164.
A little pack serves a little pedlar.165.
A little rain stills a great wind.166.
A little sheep always seems young.167.
A little spark shines in the dark.168.
A little thing often helps.169.
A living dog is better than a dead lion.170.
A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.171.
A mad dog cannot live long.172.
A man assailed is half overcome.173.
A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.174.
A man at sixteen will prove a child at sixty.175.
A man is no happier than he thinks himself.176.
A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.177.
A man know's no more to any purpose than he practises.178.
A man may bear till his back breaks.179.
A man may cause his own dog to bite him.180.
A man may threaten yet be afraid.