Famous Proverbs
2232 Proverbs about French / Page 144
1431.
Words are but sands; 'tis money buys lands.1432.
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.1433.
Write injuries in dust, But kindnesses in marble.1434.
Write injuries in the sand, kindnesses in marble.1435.
You cannot get oil out of a wall.1436.
You cannot make a hawk of a buzzard.1437.
You cannot make an ass drink if he is not thirsty.1438.
You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs.1439.
You cannot make bricks without straw.1440.
You may as well give a good beating as a bad one.