More French Proverbs

The gentle hawk mans herself.... >>

It is at home, not in public, that one washes his dirty linen.... >>

Fair without, foul within.... >>

A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.... >>

A hungry clown is half mad.... >>

Other Proverbs

It is not the hook or the rod, but the bait that lures.... (Spanish) >>

From a fallen tree, all make kindling... (Chinese) >>

Four things put a man beside himself--women, tobacco, cards,... (Spanish) >>

The gallows takes its own.... (Spanish) >>

After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box... (Arab) >>

Give him a foot and he'll take four.

- French Proverb