More French Proverbs

Drop by drop the lake is drained.... >>

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

A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.... >>

Ignorance is bliss... >>

A man takes his own wherever he finds it.... >>

Other Proverbs

A mistress in a high place is not a bad thing.... (Spanish) >>

Set trees poor and they grow rich; set them rich and they of... (English) >>

The more you court a clown the statelier he grows.... (Spanish) >>

Better is rule than rent.... (Spanish) >>

The evil which issues from thy mouth falls into thy bosom.... (Spanish) >>

'Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.

- French Proverb