More French Proverbs

Better be a coward than foolhardy.... >>

A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.... >>

The blade wears out the sheath.... >>

A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.... >>

A good swordsman is never quarrelsome.... >>

Other Proverbs

It is ill prizing of green barley.... (English) >>

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.... (Chinese) >>

Men apt to promise are apt to forget.... (American) >>

Ask the experienced rather than the learned... (Jewish) >>

Complain to one who can help you... (Chinese) >>

A little dinner, long expected and cold, is by no means given, but dearly sold.

- French Proverb