More French Proverbs

Drop by drop the lake is drained.... >>

He lies like a toothdrawer.... >>

A honeyed tongue with a heart of gall.... >>

A short mass and a long dinner.... >>

A girl unemployed is thinking of mischief.... >>

Other Proverbs

The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people... (English) >>

The girl as she is taught, the flax as it is wrought.... (Spanish) >>

To know and to act are one and the same... (Greek) >>

Ask not after a good man's pedigree.... (Spanish) >>

If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength... (Benjamin Franklin) >>

A word once out flies everywhere.

- French Proverb