More French Proverbs

A lord of straw devours a vassal of steel.... >>

No jesting with edged tools.... >>

Every potter vaunts his own pot.... >>

A guest and a fish after three days are poison.... >>

By beating love decays.... >>

Other Proverbs

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over ... (American) >>

The stolen ox sometimes puts his head out of the stall.... (Spanish) >>

One ass among many monkeys is grinned at by all.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to beat a dog, say he eat your iron.... (Spanish) >>

Give a traitor good words and you make him loyal.... (Spanish) >>

He is a horse with four white feet (i.e., he is unlucky).

- French Proverb