More French Proverbs

Many a one suffers for what he can't help.... >>

Handsomely asked, handsomely refused.... >>

A little leaven leavens a great mass.... >>

A door must either be open or shut.... >>

Dreams go by contraries.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who loves well is slow to forget.... (Spanish) >>

The hen lays upon an egg.... (Spanish) >>

With money you are a dragon; with no money, a worm.... (Chinese) >>

What the people believe is true... (Romanian) >>

Don't take any wooden nickles.... (Spanish) >>

A bellyful is a bellyful.

- French Proverb