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86 Cards in this Set
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À coeur vaillant rien d'impossible.
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To a valient heart nothing impossible.
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Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.
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À l'impossible nul n'est tenu.
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No one is bound to do the impossible.
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Après la pluie le beau temps.
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"After the rain, the nice weather."
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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À quelque chose malheur est bon.
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Unhappiness is good for something.
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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L'arbre cache souvent la forêt.
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The tree often hides the forest.
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Can't see the forest for the trees.
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"Autres temps, autres moeurs."
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"Other times, other customs."
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Times change.
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Aux grands maux les grands remèdes.
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To the great evils great remedies.
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Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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Aux innocents les mains pleines.
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Full hands for the innocents.
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Beginner's luck.
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"Avec des si et des mais, on mettrait Paris dans une bouteille."
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"With ifs and buts, one would put Paris in a bottle."
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If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers' hands.
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"Aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait"
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"Immediately said, immediately done"
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No sooner said than done
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Battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud.
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To hit the iron while it's hot.
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To strike while the iron is hot.
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Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais.
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Goods poorly gotten never profit.
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Ill gotten ill spent.
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Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée.
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Well named is more is worth more than golden belt.
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A good name is better than riches.
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Bon sang ne saurait mentir.
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Good blood doesn't know how to lie.
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What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
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C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron.
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It's by forging that one becomes a blacksmith.
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Practice makes perfect.
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Ce sont les tonneaux vides qui font le plus de bruit.
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It's the empty barrels that make the most noise.
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Empty vessels make the most noise.
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Chacun voit midi à sa porte.
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Everyone sees noon at his door.
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To each his own.
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Un clou chasse l'autre.
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One nail chases the other.
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Life goes on.
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"Comme on fait son lit, on se couche."
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"You've made your bed, now you must lie on it."
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"En tout pays, il y a une lieue de mauvais chemin."
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In every country there is a league of bad road.
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There will be bumps in the smoothest roads.
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Entre l'arbre et l'écorce il ne faut pas mettre le doigt.
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Between the tree and the bark one shouldn't put a finger.
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Caught between a rock and a hard place.
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L'exactitude est la politesse des rois.
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Punctuality is the politeness of kings.
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"Heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour."
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"Happy in the game, unhappy in love."
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"Lucky at cards, unlucky in love."
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Il faut casser le noyau pour avoir l'amande.
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You need to break the shell to have the almond.
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No pain no gain.
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Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée.
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A door must be open or closed.
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There can be no middle course.
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Il faut réfléchir avant d'agir.
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You have to think before acting.
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Look before you leap.
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"Il ne faut jamais dire « Fontaine, je ne boirai pas de ton eau ! »"
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"You should never say, ""Fountain, I will never drink your water!"""
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Never say never.
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Il ne faut jamais jeter le manche après la cognée.
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One should never throw the handle after the felling axe.
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Never say die.
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Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard.
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Nothing should be left to chance.
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Leave nothing to chance.
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Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu.
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There's no smoke without fire.
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"Where there's smoke, there's fire."
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Il n'y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent jamais.
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There are only mountains that never meet.
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There are none so distant that fate cannot bring together.
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Il vaut mieux être marteau qu'enclume.
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It's better to be hammer than anvil.
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It's better to be a hammer than a nail.
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Impossible n'est pas français.
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Impossible isn't French.
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"There is no such word as ""can't."""
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Les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas.
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The days follow each other and don't look alike.
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There's no telling what tomorrow will bring.
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Un malheur ne vient jamais seul.
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Misfortune never comes alone.
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It never rains but it pours.
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Le mieux est l'ennemi de bien.
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Best is good's enemy.
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Let well enough alone.
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Mieux vaut plier que rompre.
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Better to bend than to break.
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Adapt and survive.
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Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir.
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Better to prevent than to cure.
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Prevention is better than cure.
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Mieux vaut tard que jamais.
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Late is worth more than never.
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Better late than never.
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Les murs ont des oreilles.
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Walls have ears.
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"Noël au balcon, Pâques aux tisons."
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"Christmas on the balcony, Easter at the embers."
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A warm Christmas means a cold Easter.
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On ne fait pas d'omelette sans casser des oeufs.
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You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
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On ne peut pas avoir le beurre et l'argent du beurre.
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You can't have the butter and the money from the butter.
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You can't have your cake and eat it too.
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On ne peut pas être à la fois au four et au moulin.
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One can't be at the oven and the mill at the same time.
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You can't be in two places at once.
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On ne prête qu'aux riches.
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One only lends to the rich.
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Only the rich get richer.
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Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour.
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Paris wasn't made in a day.
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Rome wasn't built in a day.
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Les petits ruisseaux font les grandes rivières.
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The little streams make the big rivers.
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Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
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"Quand on veut, on peut."
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"When one wants, one can."
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"Where there's a will, there's a way."
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Qui aime bien châtie bien.
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He who loves well punishes well.
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Spare the rod and spoil the child.
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Qui casse les verres les paie.
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He who breaks the glasses pays for them.
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You pay for your mistakes.
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Qui craint le danger ne doit pas aller en mer.
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He who fears dangers shouldn't go to sea.
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"If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
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Qui donne aux pauvres prête à Dieu.
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He who gives to the poor loans to God.
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Charity will be rewarded in heaven.
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Qui dort dîne.
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He who sleeps eats.
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He who sleeps forgets his hunger.
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"Quand le vin est tiré, il faut le boire."
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"When the wine is drawn, one must drink it."
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Once the first step is taken there's no going back.
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Qui m'aime aime mon chien.
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He who loves me loves my dog.
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Love me love my dog.
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Qui m'aime me suive.
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"He who loves me, follow me."
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Come all ye faithful.
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Qui n'entend qu'une cloche n'entend qu'un son.
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He who hears only one bell hears only one sound.
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Hear the other side and believe little.
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Qui ne dit mot consent.
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He who says nothing consents.
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Silence implies consent.
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Qui ne risque rien n'a rien.
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He who risks nothing has nothing.
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"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
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Qui peut le plus peut le moins.
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He who can do more can do less.
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Qui se marie à la hâte se repent à loisir.
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He who marries in haste repents in leisure.
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"Marry in haste, repent later."
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Qui sème le vent récolte la tempête.
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He who sows the wind reaps the storm.
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"As you sow, so shall you reap."
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"Qui se sent morveux, qu'il se mouche."
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He who feels stuffy should blow his nose.
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"If the shoe fits, wear it."
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Qui s'y frotte s'y pique.
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He who rubs against it gets stung.
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Watch out - you might get burned.
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"Qui terre a, guerre a."
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"Who land has, war has."
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He who has land has quarrels.
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Qui trop embrasse mal étreint.
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He who hugs too much holds badly.
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He who grasps at too much loses everything.
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Qui va à la chasse perd sa place.
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He who goes hunting loses his place.
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He who leaves his place loses it./Step out of line and you'll lose your place.
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Qui va lentement va sûrement.
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He who goes slowly goes surely.
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More haste less speed.
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Qui veut la fin veut les moyens.
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He who wants the end wants the means.
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The end justifies the means.
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Qui veut voyager loin ménage sa monture.
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He who wants to travel far spares his mount.
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He who takes it slow and steady travels a long way.
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Qui vivra verra.
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He who lives will see.
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What will be will be./Time will tell.
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure.
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The strongest reason is always the best.
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Might makes right.
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"Rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point."
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"Running is worthless, you have to leave on time."
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Slow and steady wins the race.
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Rira bien qui rira le dernier.
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Will laugh well he who laughs last.
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Whoever laughs last laughs best.
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"Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait."
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"If youth knew, if old age could."
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Youth is wasted on the young.
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Un sou est un sou.
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A cent is a cent
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Every penny counts
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Tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se casse.
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So often the pitcher goes to the water that in the end it breaks.
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Enough is enough.
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Tel est pris qui croyait prendre.
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He is taken who thought he could take.
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It's the biter bit.
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Tel qui rit vendredi dimanche pleurera.
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He who laughs on Friday will cry on Sunday.
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"Laugh on Friday, cry on Sunday."
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"Le temps, c'est de l'argent"
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"Time, that's money"
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Time is money
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Tous les goûts sont dans la nature.
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All tastes are in nature.
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It takes all kinds (to make a world)
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Tout est bien qui finit bien.
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All's well that ends well.
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Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre.
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All comes on time to the one who knows how to wait.
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All things come to those who wait.
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Toute peine mérite salaire.
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All trouble taken deserves pay.
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The laborer is worthy of his hire.
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La vérité sort de la bouche des enfants.
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The truth comes out of the mouths of children.
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Out of the mouths of babes.
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"Vouloir, c'est pouvoir."
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"To want, that's to be able"
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"Where there's a will, there's a way."
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