This is an old thread but since it is relatively at the top I thought I could drop a proverb with a short explanation.
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“Qui n’avance pas, recule” is a truth that none can counter. It is translated as, “Who does not move forward, recedes”. There can be no standstill in life, only evolution or devolution. Either one evolves, or one devolves. To be stagnant is the same as to recede. “Expect poison from the standing water,” the English poet William Blake
once wrote. This proverb can be used as encouragement in the need to persevere. It may be persistently employed, given its truth content.
Here is the link. There are 8 others which are ok. I showed which one meant the most to me with you guys.
https://www.fluentu.com/blog/french/french-proverbs/
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