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La vérité sort de la bouche des enfants

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Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings (comes forth truth)

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Comme on fait son lit, on se couche

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You have made your bed and you must lie on it

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Faute de grives, on mange des merles

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Beggars can’t be choosers

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Qui se ressemble, s’assemble

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Birds of a feathers flock together

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Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras

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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

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Chat échaudé craint l’eau froide

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Once bitten, twice shy

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Tel est pris qui croyait prendre

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It’s the biter bit

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Il n’est pas plus sourd que celui que celui qui ne veut pas entendre

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There are none so deaf as those who will not hear

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Au royaume des aveugles les borgnes sont rois

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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king

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En avril ne te découvre pas d’un fil

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Cast not a cloud till May is out

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Quand le chat n’est pas là les souris dansent

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When the cat’s away the mice do play

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Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué

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Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched

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Advienne que pourra

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Come what may

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Croix de bois, croix de fer, j’irais en enfer

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Cross my heart and hope to die

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Quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue

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Talk of the devil

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Qui veut noyer son chien, l’accuse de la rage

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Give a dog a bad name and drown him

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On ne fait pas d’omelettes sans casser d’œufs

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You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs

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Tout est bien qui finit bien

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All’s well ends well

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La fin justifie les moyens

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The end justifies the means

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L’erreur est humaine

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To err is human

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Chacun pour soi et Dieu pour tous

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Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost

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Un de perdu, dix de retrouvé

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There are plenty of fish in the sea

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Un homme averti en vaut deux

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Forewarned is forearmed

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Tout ce qui brille n’est pas or

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All that glitters is not gold

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Aide toi le Ciel t’aidera

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God helps those who help themselves

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Charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même

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Charity begins at home

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Le charbonnier est maître chez lui

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An Englishman’s home is his castle

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L’homme propose et Dieu dispose

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Man proposes, God disposes

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À cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bouche

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Never look a gift horse in the mouth

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Avec des si on mettrait Paris en bouteille

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If its and ands were pots and pans where would be the tinker ?

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Mieux vaut tard que jamais

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Better late than never

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Rira bien qui rira le dernier

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He who laughs last laughs longest

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Qui a bu boira

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The leopard can never change its spots

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Tel père, tel fils

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Like father, like son

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Heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour

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Lucky at cards, unlucky in love

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Œil pour œil (dent pour dent)

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An eye for an eye (and a tooth for a tooth)

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Le bonheur des uns fait le malheur des autres

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One man’s meat is another’s poison

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Plus on est de fous, plus on rit

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The more the merrier

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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure

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Might is right

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Les grands esprits se rencontrent

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Great minds think alike

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L’argent ne fait pas le bonheur

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Money can’t but happiness

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Tant qu’il y a de la vie, il y a de l’espoir

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Never say die

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Pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles

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No news is good news

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Il n’y a rien de nouveau sous le soleil

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There is nothing new under the sun

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Deux avis valent mieux qu’un

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Two heads are better than one

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Un sou est un sou

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Every penny counts

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C’est en forgeant qu’on devient forgeron

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Pratice makes perfect

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Une place pour chaque chose et chaque chose à sa place

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A place for everything and everything in its place

49
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Un malheur n’arrive jamais seul

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It never rains but it pours

50
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Tous les chemins mènent à Rome

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All roads lead to Rome

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L’enfer est pavée de bonnes intentions

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The road to Hell is paved with good intentions

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Qui aime bien châtie bien

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Spare the road and spoil the child

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L’exception confirme la règle

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The exception proves the rule

54
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Prudence est mère de raison

Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir

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Better safe than sorry

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Loin des yeux, loin du cœur

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Out the sight, out of mind

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Qui ne dit mot consens

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Silence gives consent

57
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La nuit porte conseil

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Sleep on it!

58
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Il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres

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There’s many a slip ‘twixt cup and lip

59
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Qui va lentement va sûrement

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Slow but sure

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Il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu

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There’s no smoke without fire

61
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Qui sème le vent récolte la tempête

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He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind

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La parole est d’argent mais le silence est d’or

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Speech is silver but silence is golden

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L’esprit est prompt mais la chair est faible

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The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

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Pierre qui roule n’amasse pas mousse

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A rolling stone gathers no moss

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C’est la goutte d’eau qui a fait déborder le vase

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It’s the last straw that broke the camel’s back

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Il faut battre le fer pendant qu’il est encore chaud

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Strike while the iron is hot

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Une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps

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One swallow doesn’t make a summer

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Des goûts et des couleurs on ne discute pas

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There is no accounting for taste

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On n’apprend pas à un vieux singe à faire la grimace

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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

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Il ne faut jurer de rien

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You never can tell

71
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Le temps c’est de l’argent

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Time is money

72
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Il ne faut pas remettre à demain ce qu’on peut faire le jour même

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Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today

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Il n’est pire eau que l’eau qui dort

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Still waters run deep

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Qui vivra verra

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What will be will be

75
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À quelque chose malheur est bon

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It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good

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Impossible n’est pas français

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There’s no such word as can’t

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Les mauvais ouvriers ont toujours de mauvais outils

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The bad workman blames his tools

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Le monde est petit

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It’s a small world

79
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Il faut de tout pour faire un monde

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It takes all sorts to make a world

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