More French Proverbs

One cannot please everybody and one's father.... >>

What is bad for one is good for another.... >>

The best company must part, as King Dagobert said to his hounds.... >>

Nothing venture, nothing gain.... >>

One always knocks oneself in the sore place.... >>

Other Proverbs

A spot shows most on the finest cloth.... (Spanish) >>

Other folks'cares kill the ass.... (Spanish) >>

It is not necessary to fall into a well to know its depth.... (Spanish) >>

First deserve, and then desire... (Latin) >>

The cross on his breast, and the devil in his heart.... (Spanish) >>

Fortune can take from us only what she has given us.

- French Proverb