More French Proverbs

There are two great pleasures in gambling: winning and losing.... >>

Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.... >>

Fear is a great inventor.... >>

By working in the smithy one becomes a smith.... >>

Beware of a reconciled enemy.... >>

Other Proverbs

A mule and a woman do what is expected of them.... (Spanish) >>

Take the bitter with the sweet.... (American) >>

However foul it be, never say, Of this water I will not drin... (Spanish) >>

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

He is your friend who gets you out of a fray.... (Spanish) >>

Death takes the poor man's cow and the rich man's child.

- French Proverb