More French Proverbs

The ill year comes in swimming.... >>

He who begins and does not finish loses his labour.... >>

A fine cage won't feed the bird.... >>

Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.... >>

A man may bear till his back breaks.... >>

Other Proverbs

As for friars, live with them, eat with them, and walk with ... (Spanish) >>

Men trip not on mountains they trip on molehills.... (Chinese) >>

A true gentleman would rather have his clothes torn than men... (Spanish) >>

A bad thing never dies.... (Spanish) >>

If you would live healthy, be old early... (Benjamin Franklin) >>

A fool's head never whitens.

- French Proverb