More French Proverbs

A sparrow in hand is worth more than a vulture flying.... >>

The ass that is common property is always the worst saddled.... >>

Better lose the wool than the sheep.... >>

A guest and a fish after three days are poison.... >>

Fat broth cannot be made of nothing.... >>

Other Proverbs

Raw leather will stretch.... (English) >>

The glass-dealer's horses fell out, and he looked on to see ... (Spanish) >>

A covetous abbot for one offering loses a hundred.... (Spanish) >>

Call me not fortunate till you see me buried.... (Spanish) >>

He who would take must give.... (Spanish) >>

After a storm comes a calm.

- French Proverb