Sayings of French Origin
Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.
French Proverb – [Time and Time Management]
Marriage is the sunset of love.
French Proverb – [Marriage]
More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
French Proverb – [Persuasion]
Never speak of a rope in the family of one who has been hanged.
French Proverb – [Prudence]
No wind is of service to him that is bound for nowhere.
French Proverb – [Goals]
None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.
French Proverb – [Arrogance]
Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
French Proverb – [Elegance]
Nothing resembles an honest man more than a cheat.
French Proverb – [Honesty]
One is rated by others as he rates himself.
French Proverb – [Self-esteem]
One may go a long way after one is tired.
French Proverb – [Effort]
One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.
French Proverb – [Destiny]
Partir, c'est mourir un peu. (To leave is to die a little.)
French Proverb – [Farewells]
Penny wise is often pound foolish.
French Proverb – [Misers and Misery]
People always make the wolf more formidable than he is.
French Proverb – [Fear]
People count the faults of those who keep them waiting.
French Proverb – [Tardiness]
People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures.
French Proverb – [Misfortunes]
Save a thief from the gallows and he will cut your throat.
French Proverb – [Crime and Criminals]
Set a thief to catch a thief.
French Proverb – [Crime and Criminals]
Skeptics are never deceived.
French Proverb – [Skepticism]
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.
French Proverb – [Merit]
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