More French Proverbs

No jesting with edged tools.... >>

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over.... >>

To a bold man fortune holds out her hand.... >>

The ill year comes in swimming.... >>

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

Other Proverbs

Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.... (Chinese) >>

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

A sooty chimney costs many a beef-steak.... (Spanish) >>

A shoemaker's wife and a smith's mare are always the worst s... (Spanish) >>

Raise ravens and they will peck our your eye.... (Spanish) >>

Every one has a fool in his sleeve.

- French Proverb