More French Proverbs

A sow is always dreaming of bran.... >>

Never did capon love a hen.... >>

The greatest king must at last go to bed with a shovel.... >>

No fire without smoke.... >>

Spit not in the well, you may have to drink its water.... >>

Other Proverbs

Desire beautifies what is ugly.... (Spanish) >>

He who eats the meat let him pick the bone.... (Spanish) >>

The well-fed sheep makes a cloak of its tail.... (Spanish) >>

Since I wronged you, I have never liked you.... (Spanish) >>

The absent were never in the right.... (Spanish) >>

Bells call to church but do not enter.

- French Proverb