More French Proverbs

The Germans carry their wit in their fingers.... >>

A man takes his own wherever he finds it.... >>

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

In the forehead and the eye The lecture of the mind doth lie.... >>

He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn.... >>

Other Proverbs

They may whip me in the market-place, so it be not known at ... (Spanish) >>

Old as is the boat it may cross the ferry once.... (Spanish) >>

My daughter-in-law tucked up her sleeves, and upset the kett... (Spanish) >>

Go to bed with the lamb, and rise with the lark.... (Spanish) >>

The stew mixed by many is ill-seasoned and worse cooked.... (Spanish) >>

He carries fire in one hand, water in the other.

- French Proverb