FRENCH PROVERB

In a major matter, no details are small.

Who punishes one threatens a hundred.

When glory comes, loss of memory follows.

War is death’s holy-day.

Let him who means to tax another, examine himself, and then he will be silent.

Two dogs never agree about one bone.

Report makes dangers greater then they be.

Pomp corrupts church officials

The nearer to the Church, the further from God

All are not hunters who blow the [hunting] horn.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never.

He who is near the church is often far from God.

It is a stupid goose that listens to the fox preach.

Nothing is burdensome as a secret.

Politicians are like weather vanes.

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bees.

When you are making war, make war. A la guerre comme la guerre

Empty stomachs have no ears.

Rats desert a sinking ship.

Riches run after the rich, and poverty runs after the poor.

A healthy man is a successful man.

One good turn deserves another.

Desperate maladies require desperate remedies.