More French Proverbs

Be truly what thou wouldst be thought to be.... >>

But for all that the honest man has not got his purse.... >>

It is not the burden but the over-burden that kills the beast.... >>

He is rich that is satisfied.... >>

Arrange your cloak as the wind blows.... >>

Other Proverbs

Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant.... (Italian) >>

The shirt is nearer than the frock.... (Spanish) >>

He who respects his parents never dies.... (Greek) >>

One cannot blow and swallow at the same time.... (Spanish) >>

Silence and look out, we shall catch both hen and chicks.... (Spanish) >>

'Tis a silly sheep that makes the wolf her confessor.

- French Proverb