More French Proverbs

It is well to fly low on account of the branches.... >>

A beggar is never out of his road.... >>

Be a horse ever so well shod, he may slip.... >>

He never did a good day's work who went grumblingly about it.... >>

Communities begin by building their kitchen.... >>

Other Proverbs

Fools and bairns should never see half-done work.... (Spanish) >>

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

Fancy passes beauty.... (English) >>

A north wind has no corn, and a poor man no friend.... (Spanish) >>

A handful of motherwit is worth a bushel of learning.... (Spanish) >>

A gentlemen of Beauce who stays in bed till his breeches are mended.

- French Proverb