More French Proverbs

From short pleasure long repentance.... >>

Who eats capon, capon comes to him.... >>

He may lie boldly who comes from afar.... >>

Fair things are soon snatched away.... >>

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.... >>

Other Proverbs

Never give advice unless asked... (Arab) >>

You want better bread than wheaten.... (Spanish) >>

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise... (Spanish) >>

The well-bred hound, if he does not hunt to-day will hunt to... (Spanish) >>

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.... (Spanish) >>

A lame man won't walk with one who is lamer.

- French Proverb