More French Proverbs

Unstringing the bow does not cure the wound.... >>

It is easier to abstain than to restrain.... >>

He is not escaped who drags his chain.... >>

All cats are not to be set down for witches.... >>

Gluttony has killed more than the sword.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who has servants has unavoidable enemies.... (Spanish) >>

Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight... (Italian) >>

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions... (Arab) >>

No one is rich enough to do without a neighbor... (Greek) >>

Wounds from the knife are healed, but not those from the ton... (Spanish) >>

Fair is he that comes, but fairer he that brings.

- French Proverb