More French Proverbs

He had need rise early who would please everybody.... >>

One barber shears another.... >>

Feather by feather the goose can be plucked.... >>

He has nothing who has not enough.... >>

Good watching drives away ill-luck.... >>

Other Proverbs

Of evils, the least.... (Spanish) >>

The smith's dog sleeps at the noise of the hammer, and wakes... (Spanish) >>

The busy fly is in every man's dish.... (Spanish) >>

Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth... (Chinese) >>

The absent were never in the right.... (Spanish) >>

A colt is good for nothing if it does not break its halter.

- French Proverb