French Idioms and Proverbs / A Companion to Deshumbert's "Dictionary of Difficulties"

by de V. Payen-Payne

*Peu de leçons, beaucoup d’exemples = Precepts lead, examples draw; It is easiest learning at another’s cost.

Expérience

*Expérience passe science = Experience is the best master; Experientia docet.

[“Experience is the best of schoolmasters, only the school fees are heavy.” Carlyle, Misc. Essays, i. 137.]

Extrême

Les extrêmes se touchent = Extremes meet; Too far east is west; Too much care may be as bad as downright negligence.

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Fabrique

C’est de sa fabrique = That is of his invention.