More French Proverbs

To grow rich one has only to turn his back on God.... >>

A noble prince or king never has a coin to bless himself.... >>

His horse's head is too big, it cannot get out of the stable.... >>

Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.... >>

A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who stumbles twice over one stone deserves to break his s... (Spanish) >>

Steel whets steel.... (Spanish) >>

Let it be a husband, though it be but a log.... (Spanish) >>

They gave the naked man a shirt and he said it was too thick... (Russian) >>

Tell it her once, and the devil will tell it her ten times.... (Spanish) >>

A fault denied is twice committed.

- French Proverb