More French Proverbs

Better a slip of the foot than of the tongue.... >>

Slander! slander! some of it always sticks.... >>

A Rowland for an Oliver.... >>

A churl knows not the work of spurs (i.e., honour).... >>

Fair, good, rich, and wise, is a woman four stories high.... >>

Other Proverbs

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.... (English) >>

One bee is better than a thousand flies.... (Spanish) >>

The gardener's feet do no harm to the garden.... (Spanish) >>

Poverty is no sin, but it is a branch of roguery.... (Spanish) >>

The fierce ox becomes tame on strange ground.... (Spanish) >>

Fie upon a cloak in fair weather!

- French Proverb