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| les absents ont toujours tort |
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| the absent are always wrong |
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| les murs ont des oreilles |
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| l'habit ne fait pas le moine |
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| don't judge a book by its cover |
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| l'habitude est une seconde nature |
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| petit a petit, l'oiseau fait son nid |
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| Rome was not built in a day |
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| mieux vaut tard que jamais |
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| loin des yeux, loin du coeur |
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| out of sight, out of mind |
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| prudence est mere de surete |
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| discretion is the better part of valor |
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| qui se ressemble s'assemble |
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| birds of a feather flock together |
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| la nuit, tous les chats sont gris |
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| by night all cats are grey |
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| il n'ya pas de fumee sans feu |
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| there's no smoke without fire |
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| il faut battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud |
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| strike while the iron is hot |
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| a l'impossible nul n'est tenu |
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| one can't do the impossible |
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| apres la pluie le beau temps |
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| every cloud has a silver lining |
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| deux avis valent mieux qu'un |
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| two heads are better than one |
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| dans le doute, abstiens-toi |
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| c'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron |
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| comme on fait son lit on se couche |
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| you made your bed, now lie in it |
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| un malheur n'arrive jamais seul |
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| misfortunes never come singly |
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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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| tout ce qui brille n'est pas or |
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| al that's gold doesn't glisten |
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| en amour, la ruse est de bonne guerre |
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| all's fair in love and war |
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| ne choisit pas qui emprunte |
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| beggars can't be choosers |
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| un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras |
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| a bird in the hand is orth two in the bush |
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| qui se sent morveux se mouche! |
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| if the shoe fits, wear it! |
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| on ne peut pas avoir le drap et l'argent |
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| you can't have your cake and eat it too |
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| trop de cuisineres gatent la sauce |
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| too many cooks spoil the broth |
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| un verre de vin remplace une visite de medecin |
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| an apple a day keeps the doctor away |
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| quand les poules auront les dents |
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| a word to the wise is sufficient |
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| a bon vin point d'enseigne |
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| a cheval donne on ne regarde pas a la bride |
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| never look a gift horse in the mouth |
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| au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois |
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| in the country of the blind the one eyed is king |
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| autres temps, autres moeurs |
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| customs change with times |
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| aux grandes maux les grandes remedes |
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| desperate times call for desperate measures |
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| bien mal acquis ne profite jamais |
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| ill-gotten gains neer prosper |
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| chien qui aboie no mord pas |
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| honni soit qui mal y pense |
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| evil to him who evil thinks |
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| il n'est pire sourd que celui qui ne veut pas entendre |
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| there is none so deaf as he who will not hear |
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| il n'ya pas de petit chez soi |
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| there's no place like home |
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| il y a loin de la coup aux levres |
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| there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip |
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| ne reveillez pas la chat qui dort |
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| nul n'est prophete en son pays |
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| no man is prophet in his own country |
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| petite pluie abat grand vent |
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| little strokes make mighty oaks |
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| plus fait douceur que violence |
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| honey catches more flies than vinegar |
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| plus on est de fous, plus on rit |
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| qui trop embrase mal etreint |
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| toute medaille a son revers |
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| there are two sides to every story |
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| un homme averti en vaut deux |
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| un point fait a temps en epargne cent |
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| a stich in time saves nine |
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