More French Proverbs

People take more pains to be damned than to be saved.... >>

Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.... >>

The hen ought not to cackle in presence of the cock.... >>

Some have bread who have no teeth left.... >>

Six things have no business in the world: a fighting priest, a coward ... >>

Other Proverbs

When ill-luck sleeps, let no one wake her.... (Spanish) >>

Do not buy a carrier's ass, or marry an innkeeper's daughter... (Spanish) >>

A poor man is all schemes.... (Spanish) >>

He who has servants has unavoidable enemies.... (Spanish) >>

Good wine needs no crier.... (Spanish) >>

A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.

- French Proverb