More French Proverbs

A hundred years of fretting will not pay a halfpenny of debt.... >>

He lies like a toothdrawer.... >>

After one loss come many.... >>

Youth may stray afar yet return at last.... >>

Better walk before a hen than behind an ox.... >>

Other Proverbs

He who puts up with insult invites injury... (Italian) >>

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

Don't bet more than you can afford to lose.... (Spanish) >>

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad on... >>

Come live with me and you'll know me.... (Spanish) >>

He gains enough who loses sorrow.

- French Proverb