More French Proverbs

With the help of an If you might put Paris into a bottle.... >>

Good repute is better than a golden belt.... >>

All heads are not sense-boxes.... >>

A great estate is not gotten in a few hours.... >>

He has eaten his corn in the blade.... >>

Other Proverbs

When they offer you a ring, hold out your finger.... (Spanish) >>

Let them whip me in the market-place, provided it be not kno... (Spanish) >>

A good listener is a silent flatterer.... (Spanish) >>

An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advanta... (Spanish) >>

Miguel, Miguel, you have no bees, and yet sell honey.... (Spanish) >>

He has put all his eggs into one basket.

- French Proverb