More French Proverbs

Nothing happens for nothing.... >>

Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies. [Fr., Tout p... >>

He may swim boldly who is held up by the chin.... >>

From to-morrow till to-morrow time goes a long journey.... >>

The one-eyed are kings in the land of the blind.... >>

Other Proverbs

The hammer shatters glass but forges steel... (Jewish) >>

The threshold says nothing but what it hears of the hinge.... (Spanish) >>

The anvil fears no blows... (Greek) >>

Foster a raven and it will peck out your eyes.... (Spanish) >>

Every woman has something of a witch about her.... (Spanish) >>

He puts his sickle into another man's harvest.

- French Proverb