More French Proverbs

Between the hand and the mouth the soup is often spilt.... >>

The richest man carries nothing away with him but a shroud.... >>

He that takes too great a leap falls into the ditch.... >>

He who threatens is afraid.... >>

Give out that you have many friends, and believe that you have but few... >>

Other Proverbs

There's no argument like that of the stick.... (Spanish) >>

What force cannot do ingenuity may.... (Spanish) >>

To deny all, is to confess all.... (Spanish) >>

Donkey's lips do not fit onto a horse's mouth... (Chinese) >>

Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall ... (Chinese) >>

He that walks too hastily, often stumbles in plain way.

- French Proverb