More French Proverbs

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

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.... >>

If you have a sore eye wipe it with your elbow.... >>

To grow rich one has only to turn his back on God.... >>

A dog may look at a bishop.... >>

Other Proverbs

Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercep... (Dutch) >>

Copper begets copper, and not ()the labour of) men's bones.... (Spanish) >>

See, hear, and hold your tongue.... (Spanish) >>

Little beard, little modesty.... (Spanish) >>

May God not so prosper our friends that they forget us.... (Spanish) >>

Company in distress makes trouble less.

- French Proverb