2214 French Proverbs / Page 13
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A surgeon should be young, a physician old.242.
A table friend is changeable.243.
A teacher stands in fear of teaching.244.
A tender-hearted mother makes a scabby daughter.245.
A thing too much seen is little prized.246.
A thorn comes into the world point foremost.247.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.248.
A vicious dog must be tied short.249.
A white Christmas fills the churchyard.250.
A white wall is the fool's paper.251.
A wicked dog must be tied short.252.
A wicked man's gift hath a touch of his master.253.
A wise fox will never rob his neighbours hen roost.254.
A wise man may learn of a fool.255.
A woman and a melon are hard to choose.256.
A woman and a ship ever want mending.257.
A woman conceals only what she does not know.258.
A woman laughs when she can, and weeps when she pleases.259.
A woman like a horse needs spurs.260.
A woman who accepts, sells herself; a woman who gives, surrenders.