More French Proverbs

Money is lost only for want of money.... >>

No man is a prophet in his own country.... >>

The first step binds one to the second.... >>

Who lives on the score has shame evermore.... >>

Setting out well is a quarter of the journey.... >>

Other Proverbs

Where God sends babbies he sends penny loaves.... (Spanish) >>

I'd rather be red than dead.... (American) >>

Two boys are half a boy, and three boys are no boy at all.... (Spanish) >>

Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.... (English) >>

Threatened men live long.... (Spanish) >>

Half figs, half raisins.

- French Proverb