A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs: Comprising French, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, and Danish, with English Translations and a General Index

Front Cover
Bell & Daldy, 1867 - Proverbs - 579 pages
 

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 573 - Who loves not women, wine, and song, Remains a fool his whole life long.
Page 58 - Chinois de paravent que tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se brise.
Page 29 - A woman's tongue is her sword, and she does not let it rust.
Page 48 - Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime, il faut aimer ce que l'on a.

Bibliographic information