More French Proverbs

Were if not for "if" and "but," we should all be rich for ever.... >>

He beat the bushes and another caught the birds.... >>

He slumbers enough who does nothing.... >>

A man may threaten yet be afraid.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

He that ties well, unties well.... (Spanish) >>

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad on... >>

Better a mouse in the pot than no flesh at all.... (Italian) >>

A fifth wheel to a cart is but an encumbrance.... (Spanish) >>

Better give a penny then lend twenty.... (Italian) >>

A sparrow in hand is worth a pheasant that flieth by.

- French Proverb