More French Proverbs

He was born on a Sunday, he likes work ready done.... >>

That often happens in a day which does not happen in a hundred years.... >>

To the jaundiced all things seem yellow.... >>

The dead are soon forgotten.... >>

One catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with twenty casks... >>

Other Proverbs

He who at twenty understands nothing, at thirty knows nothin... (Spanish) >>

He that is rich will not be called a fool.... (Spanish) >>

Plenty know good ale, but don't know much after that.... (English) >>

If there is no wind, row... (Benjamin Franklin) >>

Chastise one that is worthless, and he will presently hate y... (Spanish) >>

Fie upon a cloak in fair weather!

- French Proverb