More French Proverbs

Flies will not light on a boiling pot.... >>

Slanderers are the devil's bellows, to blow up contention.... >>

The best wine has its lees.... >>

Snivelling folks always want to wipe other folks' noses.... >>

There is no place like home.... >>

Other Proverbs

Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork... (Jewish) >>

Talk much, and err much.... (Spanish) >>

He who has no wife, is for thrashing her daily; but he that ... (Spanish) >>

A true gentleman would rather have his clothes torn than men... (Spanish) >>

An army of sheep led by a lion would defeat an army of lions... (Arab) >>

He that leaves certainty and sticks to chance, When fools pipe he may dance.

- French Proverb