More French Proverbs

Ill-luck is good for something.... >>

People make the bells say what they please.... >>

Men's skins have many colors, but human blood is always red.... >>

Lion-skins were never had cheap.... >>

To wash an ass's head is but loss of time and soap. (To reprove a fool... >>

Other Proverbs

If you can't lick 'em, join 'em.... (American) >>

From a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn... (Spanish) >>

He is a great simpleton who starves himself to feed another.... (Spanish) >>

He who has no head wants no hat.... (Spanish) >>

Sleep is the best cure for waking troubles.... (Spanish) >>

A young angel, an old devil.

- French Proverb