2214 French Proverbs / Page 99
1961.
Vanity has no greater foe than vanity.1962.
Very good corn grows in little fields.1963.
Very hard times in the wood when the wolves eat each other.1964.
Vessels large may venture more, But little boats must keep near shore.1965.
Vice hides under a cloak of virtue.1966.
Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day.1967.
Wake not a sleeping cat.1968.
Walls have ears.1969.
War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.1970.
War makes robbers, and peace hangs them.1971.
Wash a dog, comb a dog, still a dog remains a dog.1972.
We are all a long time dead.1973.
We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.1974.
We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.1975.
We make big promises to avoid little presents.1976.
We must have reasons for speech but we need none for silence.1977.
We must learn from life how to suffer it.1978.
We must learn to walk before we can run.1979.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.1980.
We shall see, as the blind man said.