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Walloon proverbs
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Walloon is a language spoken in Belgium and France.
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Après l ' plaive , i vint l bai timps.
English equivalent: After rain comes fair weather.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA140 II 1875 German 140 251, Regen
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Charité bin ordonnée comminche pa li même
English equivalent: Charity begins at home.
baronin von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen vergleichend zusammengestellt von I. von Düringsfeld und O. Freiherrn von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld https://books.google.com/books?id=NaT4ynv1ZTMC&pg=PA22 1875 22 40
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I vât mi d'esse tot seu qu'és mâle kipagneie.
Translation: It is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
English equivalent: Better be alone than in bad company.
Source for proverb: Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 572 2200 0415096243
In homme prévenu in vaut deux.
English equivalent: Fore warned, fore armed.
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Diogenes of Sinope Stobaeus, iii. 13. 44 (500)
Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen vergleichend zusammengestellt von Ida von Duringsfeld und Otto Freihern von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld https://books.google.com/books?id=Xc9u8vj9CXsC&pg=PA327 II 1875 German 327–328 587, Gewarnter
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Li pomme ni tomme nin lon de l'souche.
English equivalent: The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Meaning: Children observe daily and — in their behaviour — often follow the example of their parents.
Source for meaning: Paczolay Gyula 1997 European Proverbs in 55 languages DeProverbio.com 259 527 1-875943-44-7
Strauss Emanuel Volume 2 1994 Dictionary of European proverbs Routledge 488 2200 0415096243
O
On clâ chesse le a'ute.
English equivalent: One nail drives out another.
"As one nail drives out another, So the remembrance of my former love Is by a newer object quite forgotten."
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (1592)
Emanuel Strauss Dictionary of European Proverbs http://books.google.com/books?id=z-3FyaMKtfUC&pg=PA648 1994 Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-10381-7 648–
P
Pus n-y-a-t-i d' cohun divins n'couhenne, pus male est l'sope.
English equivalent: A public hall is never swept.
Strauss Emanuel Abbreviated 1998 Concise Dictionary of European Proverbs Routledge 70 504 0415160502
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Qui compte so les solers d on moirt court risse di roter longtimps tot d hâs.
English equivalent: Don't wait for dead mens shoes.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.se/books?id=M8OMsKaoaqEC&pg=PA44&dq=He+that+waits+for+dead+men%27s+shoes+may+go+long+barefoot+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen+und+romanischen&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQyfLH86TzAhUhSfEDHZPLCtsQ6AF6BAg6EAI#v=onepage&q=He%20that%20waits%20for%20dead%20men's%20shoes%20may%20go%20long%20barefoot%20sprichw%C3%B6rter%20der%20germanischen%20und%20romanischen&f=false 1875 German I 44-45 95 Andern
Qui qwire, trouwe.
English equivalent: Seek and ye shall find.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA229 II 1875 German 229 411, Suche
Quî va douc’mint, va longtimps.
English equivalent: By perserverance the snail reached the arc.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.se/books?id=QLwN5OGIZs0C&pg=PA17&dq=Qu%C3%AE+va+douc%E2%80%99mint,+va+longtimps+sprichw%C3%B6rter+der+germanischen+und+romanischen&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv8pXUjv3yAhUtQ_EDHaJqC3cQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=Qu%C3%AE%20va%20douc%E2%80%99mint%2C%20va%20longtimps%20sprichw%C3%B6rter%20der%20germanischen%20und%20romanischen&f=false 1875 16-17 35
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Rome n a pas été bâtie en un jour.
English equivalent: Rome wasn't built in a day.
Dejardin Joseph Dictionnaire des spots ou proverbes Wallons ... contenant integralement ... les travaux de Defrecheux, Delarge, et Alexandre, rev. coordonne et considerablement augm. par J. Dejardin, Alph. Le Roy et Ad. Picard; precede d'une etude sur les proverbes par J. Stecher https://books.google.com/books?id=FWFCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA254 1863 French 254– 820, homme
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Ses poies c est des âwes.
English equivalent: Every man thinks his own geese swans.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA196 II 1875 German 196 352, Seine
See Also
French proverbs
Category:Proverbs by language