Usage examples of "proverbes" in French with translation to English

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Elle connaît de nombreux proverbes. She knows many proverbs.
Combien de proverbes avons-nous appris jusqu'ici ? How many proverbs have we learned so far?
Il cita certains proverbes célèbres tirés de la Bible. He quoted some famous proverbs from the Bible.
Un grand nombre de proverbes anglais sont rassemblés dans ce livre. Many English proverbs are collected in this book.
Qui ne connaît pas un proverbe aussi simple ? Who doesn't know such a simple proverb?
Ce que tu as dit me rappelle un vieux proverbe. What you have just said reminds me of an old saying.
Comme le dit le proverbe : "la fin justifie les moyens". As the proverb goes, "The end justifies the means."
Ce proverbe vaut la peine qu'on s'en souvienne. This proverb is worth remembering.
Plus un proverbe est court, plus il soulève de questions. The shorter the proverb, the more questions.
"Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse" est un proverbe. "A rolling stone gathers no moss" is a proverb.
C'est un proverbe dont je ne comprends pas le sens. This is a proverb the meaning of which I do not understand.
Comme dit le proverbe, le temps, c'est de l'argent. As the proverb says, "Time is money."
Un vieux proverbe dit que le temps c'est de l'argent. An old proverb says that time is money.
Comme le dit le proverbe, le temps c'est vraiment de l'argent. As the proverb goes, time really is money.
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