ProverbPedia

French Proverb:
Il y a peu d'honnêtes femmes qui ne soient lasses de leur métier.
English Translation:
There are few honest women who are not tired of their trade.

French Proverb:
On ne loue d'ordinaire que pour être loué.
English Translation:
Praise is generally given only that it may be returned.

French Proverb:
Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterré.
English Translation:
A beggar on his feet is worth more than an Emperor in his grave.

French Proverb:
Il est riche que Dieu aime.
English Translation:
He is a rich man whom God loves.

French Proverb:
Le savoir dans un fat devient impertinent.
English Translation:
Knowledge is unbecoming in a fop.

French Proverb:
Bon avocat, mauvais voisin.
English Translation:
A good lawyer is a bad neighbour.

French Proverb:
La femme est plus forte par le sentiment que l'homme n'est fort par sa puissance.
English Translation:
Woman is stronger by reason of her feelings than man by reason of his strength.

French Proverb:
Les grands artistes n'ont pas de patrie.
English Translation:
Great artists have no country.

French Proverb:
Tous les genres sont bons, hors le genre ennuyeux.
English Translation:
All are good except those who bore.

French Proverb:
J'y suis, j'y reste.
English Translation:
Here I am, here I stay.

French Proverb:
L'extrême justice est une extrême injure.
English Translation:
Excessive justice is often excessive wrong.

French Proverb:
Le bien permis est le moins désiré.
English Translation:
The joy permitted is the least desired.