More French Proverbs

It is a stupid goose that listens to the fox preach.... >>

A good bone does not always come to a good dog.... >>

The best company must part, as King Dagobert said to his hounds.... >>

A mansion pulled down is half built up again.... >>

Give him a foot and he'll take four.... >>

Other Proverbs

Listeners hear no good of themselves.... (Spanish) >>

No matter how much you feed a wolf he will always return to ... (Russian) >>

He who buts a horse buys care.... (Spanish) >>

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priests.... (Spanish) >>

A blow from a frying-pan, if it does not hurt, smuts.... (Spanish) >>

'Tis the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

- French Proverb