More French Proverbs

'Tis everywhere the same as here.... >>

True jokes never please.... >>

Don't speak to the man at the helm.... >>

Christmas has been talked of so long that it has come at last.... >>

A word once out flies everywhere.... >>

Other Proverbs

It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.... (Chinese) >>

Let the miracle be wrought, though it be by the devil.... (Spanish) >>

He who does not honour his wife, dishonours himself.... (Spanish) >>

For want of a nail the shoe is lost.... (Spanish) >>

Clergymen's sons always turn out badly.... (Spanish) >>

Do not abstain from sowing for fear of the pigeons.

- French Proverb