Famous Proverbs
2232 Proverbs about French / Page 131
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Upbraiding makes a benefit an injury.1302.
Upon a slight pretext the wolf takes the sheep.1303.
Upon an egg the hen lays an egg.1304.
Vainglory bears no grain.1305.
Vanity has no greater foe than vanity.1306.
Very good corn grows in little fields.1307.
Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.1308.
Vessels large may venture more, But little boats must keep near shore.1309.
Wake not a sleeping cat.1310.
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.