Famous French Sayings

Wise sayings have often inspired us. Sayings that inspire us or even strike a funny chord are extremely popular. This collection of famous French sayings would bring about similar feelings. Many of these French sayings continue to inspire people from the olden days till date.

Famous French Sayings:
Comprendre, c'est pardoner : To understand is to forgive. - De Stael.

La vérité vaut bien qu'on passe quelques années sans la trouver : Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it. - Renard

Le vrai philosphe n'attend rien des homes, et il leur fait tout le bien don't il est capable : The true philosopher expects nothing from others and offers them the best he can give them. - Voltaire.

Les grandes pensées viennent du coeur. : The greatest thoughts come from the heart. - Vauvenargues

La critique est aisée, mais l'art est difficile. : Criticism is easy, art is difficult. - Destouches.

Faites-vous des amis prompts à vous censurer. : Make friends with those who would be quick to criticize you. - Boileau.

Généralement, les gens qui savant peu parlent becoup, et les gens qui savant beaucoup parlent peu.: Generally speaking, the people who know little speak a lot and the people who know a lot speak little. - Rousseau

Le vrai philosphe n'attend rien des homes, et il leur fait tout le bien don't il est capable.: The true philosopher expects nothing from others and offers them the best he can give them. - Voltaire.

Ce qui manque aux orateurs en profundeur, ils vous le donnent en longueur.: Whatever a speaker is missing in depth he will compensate for in length. - Montesquieu.

Rien ne pèse tant que un secret. : Nothing weighs more than a secret. - La Fontaine.

La parole nous a été donnée pour déguiser notre pensée. : We were given speech to hide our thoughts. - Talleyrand.

La cuisine, c'est quand les choses ont le goût de ce qu'elles sont. : Fine cooking is when the things you have cooked taste as they are. - Curnonsky.

La parfaite valeur est de faire sans témoin ce qu'on serait capable de faire devant tout le monde. : True valor is to do in secrecy what you could just have easily done before others. - La Rochefoucauld.

Le travail éloigne de nous trois grands maux: l'ennui, le vice et le besoin. : Work delivers us from three great evils: boredom, vice and want. - Voltaire.

Un sot trouve toujours un plus sot qui l'admire. : A fool can always find an even bigger fool to admire him. - Boileau.

Il est difficle de vaincre ses passions, et impossible de les satisfaire.: It is difficult to master your passions and impossible to satisfy them. - De La Sabliére.

L'orgueil est le consolateur des faibles.: Pride is the consolation of the weak. - Vauvenargues.

Hope is the dream of a soul awake. - Unknown

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. - Unknown

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. - Unknown

Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble. - Unknown

A good meal ought to begin with hunger. - Unknown