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  1. Match the English proverb with the corresponding one in French.
  1. Exercise 1
    1. The evil that men do lives after them.
    2. Let well alone
    3. A fault confessed is half redressed.

    1. Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien
    2. Nos actes nous suivent
    3. Péché avoué est moitié pardonné

  2. Exercise 2
    1. It is never too late to mend
    2. God helps those who help themselves
    3. Talk of the devil and he will appear
    4. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
    5. Take counsel with your pillow

    1. A chaque jour suffit sa peine
    2. Aide-toi le ciel t'aidera
    3. La nuit porte conseil
    4. Il n'est jamais trop tard pour s'amender
    5. Quand on parle du loup on en voit la queue

  3. Exercise 3
    1. Nothing venture, nothing have
    2. Forewarned, forearmed
    3. If things were to be done twice, all would be wise

    1. On n'est sage qu'après dommage
    2. Qui ne risque rien n'a rien
    3. Un homme averti en vaut deux
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