More French Proverbs

Better be mad with all the world than wise alone.... >>

A spaniel, a wife, and a walnut tree, The more you beat 'em the better... >>

'Twixt the cup and the lip there's many a slip.... >>

Stolen waters are sweet.... >>

Who does not venture gets neither horse nor mule, and who ventures too... >>

Other Proverbs

It takes a thief to catch a thief.... (American) >>

He who wants to catch fish must not mind a wetting.... (Spanish) >>

The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk.... (Spanish) >>

Desire beautifies what is ugly.... (Spanish) >>

If you want to be revenged, hold your tongue.... (Spanish) >>

He was born with a caul.

- French Proverb