More French Proverbs

It is only the bashful that lose.... >>

Who lives on the score has shame evermore.... >>

He looks for his ass and sits on its back.... >>

Good repute is better than a golden belt.... >>

He that hunts two hares will catch neither.... >>

Other Proverbs

Fire, fire, many pots on. and one pea in them all.... (Spanish) >>

The ass that is common property is always the worst saddled... (English) >>

He who does what he likes, does not what he ought.... (Spanish) >>

A great lance-thrust to a dead Moor.... (Spanish) >>

A sooty chimney costs many a beef-steak.... (Spanish) >>

A cow from afar gives plenty of milk.

- French Proverb