More French Proverbs

Setting out well is a quarter of the journey.... >>

A handful of good life is better than seven barrels of learning.... >>

Good watching drives away ill-luck.... >>

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.... >>

Don't rock the boat.... >>

Other Proverbs

The wrong doer is never without a pretext.... (Spanish) >>

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.... (Italian) >>

If there is no wind, row... (Benjamin Franklin) >>

Fish or cut bait... (Greek) >>

He who talks much is sometimes right.... (Spanish) >>

A litigious man, a liar.

- French Proverb